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Guri Rosén

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Not Worth the Net Worth? The Democratic Dilemmas of Privileged Access to Information

2017

In this article, we discuss the democratic conditions for parliamentary oversight in EU foreign affairs. Our point of departure is two Interinstitutional Agreements (IIAs) between the Council and the European Parliament (EP), which provide the latter with access to sensitive documents. To shed light on this issue, we ask to what extent these contribute to the democratic accountability in EU foreign policy? It is argued that the IIAs have strengthened the EP’s role in EU foreign affairs by giving it access to information to which it was previously denied. This does not mean, however, that this increase in power equals a strengthening of the EP as a democratic accountability forum. First of a…

European ParliamentparliamentPublic AdministrationSociology and Political ScienceEuropean PoliticsParliamentmedia_common.quotation_subjectPolitikwissenschaft0211 other engineering and technologies02 engineering and technologyEuropapolitikPublic administrationInformation policyPower (social and political)secrecylcsh:Political science (General)Political science050602 political science & public administrationmedia_common.cataloged_instancePrivileged accessEuropean UnionAußenpolitikEuropean unionlcsh:JA1-92Political scienceEuropaparlamentmedia_commoninformation policytransparency021110 strategic defence & security studies05 social sciencesParlamentKontrolledemocratic accountabilitydemocratic accountability; secrecyTransparency (behavior)Democracy0506 political scienceTransparenzforeign policyForeign policyddc:320EUInformationspolitikcontrolIndraStra Global
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Balancing seclusion and inclusion: EU trilogues and democratic accountability

2020

This article assesses how trilogues affect the possibilities to hold the European Parliament to account from the perspectives of democracy as political equality and democracy as epistemic quality. ...

Public AdministrationSociology and Political ScienceInclusion (disability rights)Parliamentmedia_common.quotation_subject05 social sciences050601 international relationsDemocracy0506 political sciencePoliticsPolitical sciencePolitical economyAccountability050602 political science & public administrationmedia_common.cataloged_instanceQuality (business)European unionSeclusionmedia_commonJournal of European Public Policy
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