Parliaments and the Economic Governance of the European Union

Aleksandra Maatsch is Chair of European and Multilevel Politics (Interim), University of Cologne, Germany.

• 1. Introduction i.. National Parliaments in the Reform of European Economic Governance: Talking Shops or Deliberative Bodies? ii. National Parliaments in the European Union: From De-Parliamentarisation to Re-Parliamentarisation.iii. The Role of Parliaments in the European Union after the Lisbon Treaty iv. How Do Parliaments Contribute to Closing the Legitimacy Gap? v. Contents of the book 2. European Financial Crisis: Dominant Narratives and the Legal Status of Anti-Crisis Measuresi. The European Financial Crisisii. The Legal Status of Anti-Crisis Measures 3. Empowered or Disempowered? The Role of National Parliaments during the Reform of European Economic Governance 4. Drivers of Political Parties’ Voting Behaviour in European Economic Governance: The Ultimate Decline of the Economic Cleavage? i. Introductionii. What Factors Explain Political Parties’ Voting Patterns on European Anti-crisis Measures? Literature Review and Hypotheses iii. Research Design, Methodological Approach and the Database Used in This Study iv. Empirical Findings v. Discussion and Conclusions 5. Parliamentary Parties’ Discourses on Anti-Crisis Measures: Between Solidarity and Particularistic Interesti. Introduction ii. Analytical Framework iii. Methodological Approach – Frame Analysis iv. Discursive Support and Opposition: Dominant Patternsv. Pragmatic and Idealistic Supportersvi. Opponents: Nationalists and Anti-Austerians vii. Conclusions 6. Macroeconomic Preferences of National Parliamentary Parties i. Introductionii. Keynesianism and Neoliberalism iii. Which Factors Account for Political Parties’ Positioning on Macroeconomic Policies? Hypotheses of This Study. iv. Methodological Approach of this Study v. Empirical Evidence vi. Conclusions 7. Conclusions