In the end, it could be a ‘no’. When does the European Parliament challenge the ratification of international agreements?

Bardou, Marine;Delreux, Tom
(2024) 54th Annual Conference of the University Association for Contemporary European Studies — Location: Trento, Italie (1.September.2024)

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Post-Lisbon, the ratification of most international agreements by the EU requires the consent of the European Parliament (EP). Besides activating its veto power, the EP sometimes challenges the ratification of international agreements by delaying the consent procedure, by threatening to deny consent, or by a committee recommending to deny consent. However, such cases of ratification challenges are rare, as most international agreements are ratified by the EP without any contestation. Examining when the EP signals its contestation of the ratification, the paper asks: under which conditions does the EP challenge the ratification of international agreements? We conduct a crisp-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (csQCA) of 42 agreements subject to EP consent. Contrary to expectations, ratification challenges can occur in the absence of mediatization. By contrast, the presence of EP or stakeholder concerns about human rights, democracy and/or the rule of law, the relative economic impact of agreements and their impact on the agricultural and/or fisheries sector explain the occurrence of ratification challenges.
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Bardou, M., & Delreux, T. (2024). In the end, it could be a ‘no’. When does the European Parliament challenge the ratification of international agreements? 54th Annual Conference of the University Association for Contemporary European Studies, Trento, Italie. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/267959