Open AccessThe Contribution of COSAC to Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny in the EU: A Practitioner’s View
Author(s) -
Bruno Pinheiro
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
perspectives on federalism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.132
H-Index - 3
ISSN - 2036-5438
DOI - 10.2478/pof-2018-0033
Subject(s) - scrutiny , lagging , political science , coherence (philosophical gambling strategy) , position (finance) , law and economics , joint (building) , key (lock) , public relations , public administration , law , sociology , computer science , engineering , economics , computer security , medicine , architectural engineering , physics , finance , pathology , quantum mechanics
COSAC has played an active role in fostering and developing interparliamentary he central question addressed here is to assess whether COSAC is currently structured to allow NPs to obtain more information and access to the policy and decision-making circuits at EU level and, therefore, if NPs are benefiting from COSAC or are they, on the contrary, lagging behind and lost amidst so many interparliamentary meetings? It is argued that COSAC occupies a key role in the multipolarised system of with the “ global picture ” and therefore in a unique position to bring coherence to the overall system. This paper therefore aims at putting forward some ideas and approaches regarding the role of COSAC in the effectiveness of interparliamentary cooperation, covering not only its present proceedings and output, but also some thoughts for further reflection on the future strengthening of COSAC.