CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2022
| Author | Pupeter, Franziska |
|---|---|
| Title | Control Deficit in the EU. A Comparative Analysis on the Parliamentary Right of Inquiry in Federal Systems |
| Summary | This thesis contains a comparative analysis on the parliamentary right of inquiry in Austria, Germany and on EU level with a special focus on the implications of the vertical division of powers. Whereas Austria and Germany are federal states, the EU is seen as a federal system in this thesis. Thus, the three comparators share a vertical division of powers between the two levels: the federal/supranational level on the one hand and the sub-national/national level on the other hand. The purpose of this thesis is to evaluate how the distribution of competencies between the two levels affects the scope and the instruments of the parliamentary committees of inquiry. This entails a comparison of the allocation of competencies in the Austrian and German constitutional texts with that in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. Furthermore, this thesis includes a comparison of the statutory provision that lay out the functioning of the parliamentary committees of inquiry in Austria and Germany and of the inter-institutional agreement that contains the details on the European Parliament’s right of inquiry. This thesis finds that whereas the Austrian and German federal Parliaments dispose of stringent investigative tools, the European Parliament does not. It takes into account how the institutional set-up and the vertical division of powers on the EU level differ from those in Austria and Germany. Thereby, it shall advance the reader’s understanding of the extent to which the right of inquiry can be compared at the EU and national levels. |
| Supervisor | Granger, Marie-Pierre |
| Department | Legal Studies LLM |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2022/pupeter_franziska.pdf |
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