National Parliamentary Control of EU Affairs: Institutional Design after Enlargement

Abstrakt

This article analyzes the differences in institutional design in national parliamentary control over European Union (EU) affairs among EU member states. It proceeds from a preference-based perspective, drawing on the principal-agent framework, and a time-based perspective, inspired by the historical institutionalist approach.

The article involves a qualitative comparative analysis of strong control and a quantitative, correlation analysis of variation in the degree of control. It argues that time-based factors provide a more persuasive overall explanation for the differences in control than preference-based factors.

Klíčová slova

• National parliaments
• European Union
• EU enlargement
• qualitative comparative analysis
• principal-agent approach