The European Parliament's Role in Closer EU Integration

Nearly 20 years after it first became an elected institution, it is time to assess the impact of the European Parliament on the process of European integration. This book does so, beginning with an analysis of what integration theorists expected of the directly elected Parliament when such an idea was still on the drawing board and then examining what the Parliament has achieved in practice. It concludes that the Parliament has been extremely significant, though not always in the ways initially expected.

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RICHARD CORBETT is a Member of the European Parliament and former Deputy Secretary General of the Socialist Group in the European Parliament.

Inhalt
Foreword; K.Hänsch Introduction Theoretical Approaches to European Integration What to Expect of the European Parliament? A New Political Network Exploiting its Existing Powers Reform with the Treaties Parliament Turns to Treaty Revision The Draft Treaty From the Draft Treaty to the 1985 Intergovernmental Conference The 1985 Intergovernmental Conference Making the Most of the Single Act Relaunching the Ship The IGCs on Economic and Monetary Union and on Political Union Making the Most of Maastricht Overall Conclusions Acronyms Bibliography Index