Which role for Belgian Parliamens in EU Affairs? The case of Brexit

Long considered as losers of the integration process, national parliaments have now come back. Since the Lisbon Treaty (Auel and Christiansen 2015, Fromage 2015) but also with the economic and financial crisis, national parliaments have tried, with varying degrees, to play a more important role in EU affairs (Auel and Hoing 2014, Auel et al. 2015). There has been a burgeoning literature to understand how, to what extent and under which conditions national parliaments can affect EU politics and policies (Benz 2004, Cooper 2012, Fasone 2014, Raunio 2009, Sprungk 2013).On the basis of this body o... Mehr ...