The economic crisis – in full development since 2008 – has triggered a series of Treaty1 and other legislative reforms that radically increase the competences of EU institutions at the expense of national parliaments.
European Commission’s expert groups: Damocles’ sword over democracy
Thema: Demokratie in der KriseYiorgos Vassalosjuridikum 2013, 87 Heft 1 v. 12.4.2013
Inhalt
- 1. Technocracy as a general trend
- 2. The role of external expertise in the EU law-making process
- 3. Which interests do the experts represent?
- 4. Problems of methodology
- 5. Excessive corporate influence partially admitted
- 6. DG Internal Market: the fallen corporate stronghold?
- 7. DG Enterprise: the impossible reform?
- 8. Expert groups play an indispensable role
- 9. Expert groups under scrutiny
- 10. Conclusion
