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This article explains the relationship between subsidiarity and legitimacy of policies designed at EU level. Through means of theoretically informed analysis this paper claims that if the principle of subsidiarity is respected and implemented throughout the policy process, EU policy-making can aspire to satisfy the condition of both input and output legitimacy. The empirical part of the paper shows how, through a subsidiarity control mechanism known as the Early Warning System, national parliaments can collectively fulfill representative and deliberative functions in EU policy-making. Conclusions about the changing dynamics in parliamentary modus operandi in the field of EU affairs lead to forming a set of recommendations for further research.

Legitimacy through Subsidiarity? The Parliamentary Control of EU Policy-Making

Polish Political Science Review

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This article explains the relationship between subsidiarity and legitimacy of policies designed at EU level. Through means of theoretically informed analysis...

Legitimacy through Subsidiarity? The Parliamentary Control of EU Policy-Making

Publicado en línea: 13 ene 2016

Páginas: 73 - 86

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ppsr-2015-0006

Palabras clave
subsidiarity, legitimacy, European Union, policy-making, parliaments

© 2013 Karolina Borońska-Hryniewiecka, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Legitimacy through Subsidiarity? The Parliamentary Control of EU Policy-Making

Publicado en línea: 13 ene 2016

Páginas: 73 - 86

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ppsr-2015-0006

Palabras clavesubsidiarity, legitimacy, European Union, policy-making, parliaments

© 2013 Karolina Borońska-Hryniewiecka, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
subsidiarity, legitimacy, European Union, policy-making, parliaments