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Influencing EU Politics? The Case of the Austrian Parliament

Author(s) -

Pollak Johannes,

Slominski Peter

Publication year - 2003

Publication title -

jcms: journal of common market studies

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.54

H-Index - 90

eISSN - 1468-5965

pISSN - 0021-9886

DOI - 10.1111/1468-5965.00442

Subject(s) - parliament , opposition (politics) , politics , european union , political science , government (linguistics) , public administration , political economy , process (computing) , control (management) , law , law and economics , economics , economic policy , computer science , management , linguistics , philosophy , operating system

The Austrian Parliament has at its disposal the strongest participation rights enabling it to influence European Union (EU) affairs. But does this guarantee a more powerful parliament in real terms? It turns out that the original intention of providing the Austrian Parliament with a strong instrument to contribute to the EU decision‐making process has been shattered by party‐dominated parliamentary life. After a promising start, the use of this device has decreased significantly. Today, the instrument is mainly used by the opposition parties to obtain information and — to a limited extent — to control the government.

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