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EU Legislative Procedures and the European Parliament

EU Legislative Procedures and the European Parliament. The institutional context European Commission Council / European Council European Parliament Other institutions. The political triangle of the EU. The development of the EP’s legislative functions. Treaty of Rome Single European Act

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EU Legislative Procedures and the European Parliament

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  1. EU Legislative Procedures and the European Parliament

  2. The institutional context European Commission Council / European Council European Parliament Other institutions The political triangle of the EU

  3. The development of the EP’s legislative functions • Treaty of Rome • Single European Act • Treaty of Masstricht • Treaty of Amsterdam • Treaty of Nice • and…The Constitutional Treaty?

  4. The development of the EP’s legislative functions • Considerable growth and differentiation in material scope and procedural complexity over the years

  5. The EP’s working methods • Committee structure • Rapporteur system • Coalition building and the role of political groups

  6. Legislative procedures – the current situation • Assent Procedure • EP can only accept or reject • Areas of application (examples) • Structural Funds and Cohesion Funds • Uniform electoral procedure • Accession of new Member States

  7. Legislative procedures – the current situation • Consultation Procedure • EP may put forward proposals for amendements. • Adoption of the act cannot be prevented nor can amendments be forced. • Areas of application (examples) • Common Agricultural Policy • Competition Policy

  8. Legislative procedures – the current situation • Cooperation Procedure • Introduced by Single European Act • Leaving the last word to the Council • Reduced scope after Treaty of Amsterdam • Application: • Economic and Monetary Policy

  9. Legislative procedures – the current situation • Co-Decision Procedure • Introduced by the Treaty of Maastricht and subsequently improved and extended • Main legislative procedure of the EU • EP shares legislative power with Council • Areas of application (examples) • Internal market • Freedom of movement of workers • Transport • Consumer protection

  10. Addition Procedures • Budgetary Procedure • Procedure without Consultation • Commission transmit proposal to Council • adopts act by QMV or unanimously depending on the legal basis

  11. Variations of decision-making procedures • Qualified majority voting within the Council with codecision • Qualified majority voting within the Council with simple consultation • Qualified majority voting within the Council with cooperation • Qualified majority voting within the Council with assent • Qualified majority voting within the Council without participation by the Parliament • Unanimous voting within the Council with codecision • Unanimous voting within the Council with assent • Unanimous voting within the Council with simple consultation • Unanimous voting within the Council without participation by the Parliament

  12. The Constitutional Treaty • Simplification of legislative procedures • Codecision procedure is becoming the “ordinary legislative procedure” • Consultation and assent procedures are brought together under “special legislative procedures” • Bridging Clause aimed at extending the scope of QMV and

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