PAPER CONSIDERS THE POWERS, OR MORE CORRECTLY THE LACK OF POWERS, OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT. ATTENTION IS FOCUSED ON THE LEGISLATIVE POWERS OF THE PARLIAMENT; ITS FINANCIAL POWERS FOLLOWING THE REVISION OF ARTICLE 203 OF THE TREATY OF ROME; AND ITS CONTROL, OR OVERSIGHT, POWERS."
ABSTRACTThe paper considers the powers, or more correctly the lack of powers, of the European Parliament. Attention is focused on the legislative powers of the Parliament; its financial powers following the revision of Article 203 of the Treaty of Rome; and its control, or oversight, powers. Comparisons are made between the powers of the European Parliament and those of the national parliaments of the European Community's nine Member States. The detailed examination of the powers of the European Parliament reveals that in no widely accepted comparative sense can it be considered a parliament as it fails to meet a series of basic political, constitutional, and decision‐making requirements concerning the performance of legislative, financial, and control functions.
Das Parlament als demokratische Institution, Fragen zum politischen System und Haltung zum Nationalitätenproblem.
Themen: Einschätzung der Arbeit des Parlaments; Verteilung der Rechte von Parlament und Regierung; Effektivität der Arbeit der Kommissionen des Parlaments; Verteilung der staatlichen Subventionen zwischen Industrie und Landwirtschaft; Verteilung der Steuereinnahmen zwischen Zentral- und Lokalregierung; präferierter Grad der sozialen Sicherheit durch Staat, Unternehmen und durch den einzelnen; gegenwärtige Reformführung und -tempo; Privatisierung einzelner Wirtschaftszweige; Dezentralisierung; Hauptprobleme der Lokalregierung; Diskussion im Wahlkreis über Lebenshaltungskosten, Arbeitslosigkeit, Bodenreform, Kommunalregierung, inter-ethnische Beziehungen und Gesetzgebung; Situation der Minderheiten, Benachteiligung der Rumänen; Informationstätigkeit des rumänischen Radios und Fernsehens; Rechte der Minderheiten; kulturelle Autonomie; Vertretung der Minderheiten in der Regierung; Verwendung der Muttersprache in Justiz und Lokalregierungen; Bewertung der Tätigkeit der eigenen Fraktion und der Parlamentsmitglieder der eigenen Partei; Zusammenarbeit von Senat und Abgeordnetenkammer; Mitarbeit in einer parlamentarischen Kommission; Zusammenarbeit der Mitglieder der eigenen Fraktion und zwischen den Fraktionen; Stabilität der eigenen Partei; Kommunikation mit dem eigenen Wahlkreis; Änderung der Parteizugehörigkeit seit der letzten Wahl; voraussichtliches Antreten bei der nächsten Wahl; Information über gegenwärtige Situation im Land; Informationsquellen für die parlamentarische Arbeit; Voraussetzungen für die Verbesserung der parlamentarischen Arbeit; Nationalität; Funktion im Parlament; Parteizugehörigkeit; Wohnort.
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THE AUTHOR LOOKS AT PARLIAMENTARY RULES PROTECTING INDIVIDUALS FROM ALLEGATIONS OF A DEFAMATORY OR INCRIMINATORY NATURE DURING DEBATE, FOCUSING ON THE PROCEDURES USED IN THE INDIAN AND AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENTS.
Media coverage of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association conference on Parliament and the Media included the following headline in the Times of India newspaper: Parliamentarians, media must be accountable for conduct. Adapted from the source document.
In an era of citizens' discontentment on democratic institutions, parliaments as a democratic cornerstone, are constantly striving to create alluring services taking, at the same time, into account the difficulty of achieving accessibility and transparency in citizens' e-participation. At the same time, the evolution of ICT tools presents opportunities to revamp the traditional character, functions and services of parliaments worldwide, giving rise to new capabilities and opportunities that can transform their political and social role. An e-enabled parliament can not only offer flexibility in parliamentary proceedings and facilitate the work of its members, but also strive for the inclusion of citizens, without annulling the representative character of the institution. In this paper, we present an initial overview of the characteristics of modern parliaments, recording existing service offerings and proposing a stakeholder-based categorization, with specific categories that can best accommodate explicit and active citizen participation within parliamentary functions. A number of existing citizen deliberation applications and research projects are highlighted as potential candidates for deploying novel extrovert parliament-to-citizen services, focused directly on citizen involvement. Moreover, the focus area based on the procedure from inclusion to feedback will give good evidence for all those factors that are necessary for a successful adoption of novel e-parliament services.