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Subsidiarity and the division of power in the European Union: When do national parliaments send reasoned opinions?

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  • Martijn Huysmans

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With the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon, national Parliaments obtained a direct role in the legislative process of the European Union (EU). When the Commission releases a legislative proposal, each national Parliament has eight weeks to issue a Reasoned Opinion stating that the draft violates the EU principle of subsidiarity. This article discusses the adoption of this so-called Early Warning System, its features and its effectiveness, and then studies empirically when national Parliaments send Reasoned Opinions. A within-between panel regression covering all 28 EU countries for 2010-2016 leads to novel findings on the issuance of Reasoned Opinions. In particular, public Euroscepticism does not lead to statistically significantly more Reasoned Opinions as argued in the literature. However, there is a strongly significant across-country effect of having a more Eurosceptic Parliament.

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  • Martijn Huysmans, 2017. "Subsidiarity and the division of power in the European Union: When do national parliaments send reasoned opinions?," Working Papers of LICOS - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance 599465, KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), LICOS - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance.
    • Handle: RePEc:ete:licosp:599465
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