Brexit and Democracy

Thomas Christiansen holds a Chair in European Institutional Politics at Maastricht University, the Netherlands and is Co-Director of the Centre for European Research in Maastricht (CERiM). He is Executive Editor (with Simon Duke) of the Journal of European Integration and has published widely on the politics of the European Union.Diane Fromage is Assistant Professor of European Law at Maastricht University, the Netherlands and Research Coordinator at the Centre for European Research in Maastricht (CERiM). Her research mainly focuses on parliaments in the European Union, fiscal councils and the European Central Bank.

• 1. Introduction by Thomas Christiansen & Diane Fromage.- 2. What do we mean by parliamentary scrutiny of Brexit? A view from the House of Common by Louise Thompson & Ben Yong.- 3. Brexit and the UK Parliament: Challenges and Opportunities by Richard Whitaker, Philip Lynch & Adam Cygan.- 4. ‘Taking Back Control’- The House of Lords and Brexit by Julie Smith.- 5. The Scrutiny of Brexit in National Parliaments: Germany, Luxembourg and the Czech Republic Compared by Vanessa Buth, Anna-Lena Högenauer and Petr Kaniok.- 6. Studying the role and action of Belgian parliaments on Brexit by Vivien Sierens & Nathalie Brack.- 7. The Polish Parliament and Brexit by Karolina Borońska-Hryniewiecka.- 8. The Irish Parliament and Brexit by Gavin Barrett.- 9. The Spanish Parliament and Brexit by Antonio Bar Cendón.- 10. The European Parliament in the Brexit Process: Leading Role, SupportingRole or just a Small Cameo? by Monika Brusenbauch Meislová.- 11. The Impact of Brexit on the European Parliament: The Role of British MEP’s in Euro-Mediterranean Affairs by Jan Völkel.- 12. Facilitating the participation of EU citizens in the Brexit negotiation process by Natassa Athanasiadou.