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Parliamentary Dimension of the Conference on the Future of Europe
Salzburg Centre of European Union Studies, Austria
This book offers a comprehensive and timely analysis of the parliamentary dimension of the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE) and#x2013; an unprecedented experiment in which parliamentary representation met transnational citizen participation in the European Union (EU). Across twelve chapters, the book investigates the CoFoE as an opportunity structure for both the European Parliament (EP) as the “host” of the process, and national as well as regional parliaments, as the “guests” in this process, to fulfil and revitalise their key functions in EU multi-level democracy. The book also provides a valuable source of insights for representatives in national parliaments and the newly elected European Parliament (2024–2029), to hopefully prompt them to rethink their relationship with citizens in the ever-evolving transnational democratic space of the EU. Bringing together both academics and practitioners, this book will be of key interest to anyone interested in parliamentary representation, citizen participation, and democratic legitimacy in the EU and beyond. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
Foreword:A Democratic Journey for Twenty-first Century EuropeKalypso NicolaïdisIntroductionKarolina Borońska-Hryniewiecka and Lucy Kinski1. When parliamentary representation meets citizen participation: Analysing the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE)Karolina Borońska-Hryniewiecka and Lucy KinskiPart 1: The “host” perspective2. Driving democratic change? The European Parliament’s reform agenda in the context of the Conference on the Future of EuropeGilles Pittoors and Silvia Kotanidis3. The European Parliament and the Conference on the Future of Europe: Between ownership and diverging political visionsJan Kotýnek KrotkýPart 2: The “guest” perspective4. The Portuguese Assembleia da República in the Conference on the Future of Europe: Setting the scene for inter-parliamentary cooperationBruno Dias Pinheiro5. Building consensus among national parliaments: Ambitions and challenges of the French parliament during CoFoEGuillaume Sacriste and Karolina Borońska-Hryniewiecka6. The Czech parliament and the Conference on the Future of Europe: Observers, facilitators, and absenteesJan Grinc7. The Swedish Riksdag in the Conference on the Future of Europe: Defending the status quoPetr Kaniok8. Spanish parliamentary involvement in the CoFoE: Between European political entrepreneurs and depoliticised domestic politicsAlvaro Oleart9. The German Bundestag in the Conference on the Future of Europe: Comfortable guest with strong ownershipKarolina Borońska-Hryniewiecka and Monika Sus10. Translating reluctance into activism: The Dutch parliament in the Conference on the Future of EuropeMendeltje van Keulen11. CoFoE as an opportunity structure: Activities in the 27 German-speaking regional parliamentsGabriele AbelsConclusionKarolina Borońska-Hryniewiecka and Lucy Kinski
Karolina Borońska-Hryniewiecka is Associate Professor at the Institute of Political Science and a member of the Jean Monnet Chair at the University of Wrocław, Poland. She is also an Associate Researcher at the CESSP of the Université Paris 1-Panthéon-Sorbonne, France. Lucy Kinski is Postdoc in European Union Politics at the Salzburg Centre of European Union Studies (SCEUS) and the Political Science Department at the University of Salzburg, Austria.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Legislative Branch