Interparliamentary Cooperation in the Composite European Constitution

Nicola Lupo is Professor of Public Law at LUISS Guido Carli University, Rome. Cristina Fasone is Assistant Professor of Comparative Public Law at LUISS Guido Carli University, Rome.

• Introduction. Parliaments in the Composite European Constitution Cristina Fasone and Nicola LupoPart I: The Role of Parliaments and Interparliamentary Cooperation in the European Union1. The Place of National Parliaments within the European Constitutional Order Leonard FM Besselink2. Interjudicial Dialogue and Interparliamentary Dialogue in the Constitution of the Union Giuseppe MartinicoPart II: Treaty Revisions3. The Convention Method Cesare Pinelli4. Interparliamentary Cooperation and the Simplified Revision Procedures Katarzyna GranatPart III: Parliamentary Organisation in the Ordinary Constitutional Life of the European Union5. Bicameralism and Interparliamentary Cooperation Antonia Baraggia6. Standing Committees in Interparliamentary Cooperation in the Post-Lisbon Era: Towards the End of the European Affairs Committees’ Predominance? Diane Fromage7. Towards a More Politicised Interparliamentary Cooperation? The European Parliament’s Political Groups and the European Parliamentary Week Nathalie Brack and Thibaud Deruelle8. The Role of Parliamentary Administrations in Interparliamentary Cooperation Andreja Pegan and Anna-Lena HögenauerPart IV: Euro-national Parliamentary Procedures9. The Instrumental Value of Horizontal Parliamentary Cooperation: Subsidiarity Review and the Political Dialogue Marco Goldoni10. Parliamentary Involvement in the Economic and Monetary Union after the Euro Crisis Davor JancicPart V: Old and New Interparliamentary Conferences11. COSAC: Birth, Evolution, Failures and Perspectives Adam Cygan12. The Interparliamentary Conference on Common Foreign and Security Policy: A Quest for Democratic Accountability in EU Security Governance Jan Wouters and Kolja Raube13. The Interparliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the European Union (the ‘Article 13 Conference’) Ian Cooper14. Ruling the (Dis-)Order of Interparliamentary Cooperation ? The EU Speakers ’ Conference Cristina FasonePart VI: Debating the Role of COSAC15. The Role of COSAC in the Europeanisation of National Parliaments and in the Evolution of Interparliamentary Cooperation Davide A Capuano16. The Role of COSAC in the Changing Environment of National Parliaments in the EU: An Identity Crisis? Bruno A Dias Pinheiro17. The Role of the COSAC Secretariat within the Evolving Landscape of Interparliamentary Cooperation: Challenges for the Future Christiana Fryda18. Interparliamentary Cooperation in the Context of COSAC: A View from the European Parliament Francisco Gómez Martos19. The Role of COSAC in EU Interparliamentary Cooperation: An (Endless) Quest for an Identity Antonio Esposito20. Reshaping COSAC as a Dynamic Venue for Interparliamentary Exchange Mendeltje van KeulenConclusion. Interparliamentary Cooperation in the Framework of a Euro-national Parliamentary System Cristina Fasone and Nicola Lupo

The greatest merit of the book is to shed light on a topic which has been significantly underexplored in the scholarly literature.