Parliamentarisation under conditions : european parliament involvement in the negotiation of international agreements
(2025)
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- (en) Since the entry into force of the Lisbon treaty, the consent of the European Parliament (EP) is necessary for the ratification of most international agreements negotiated by the European Union (EU). The EP very seldom denies its consent to the ratification of these agreements, but it gets involved through multiple activities, unilaterally or in interaction with the Commission, which is the institution negotiating on behalf of the EU. This dissertation analyses 1) how and how frequently the EP is involved in the negotiation of international agreements, 2) why this involvement varies and 3) what are its consequences. The dissertation utilises a research design mixing qualitative and quantitative methods: sequence analysis, Latent Profile Analysis, regressions, Qualitative Comparative Analysis and Qualitative Content Analysis. The research relies on various data sources, including documents issued by EU institutions, 61 semi-structured interviews with involved individuals and a review of the specialized press. First, the findings show the empirical importance of the phenomenon of EP involvement, across agreements and policy areas. They provide a systematic overview of EP involvement, thereby contextualizing past research and guiding future studies. Second, the findings show that EP involvement is uneven, and that this variation is explained by practices of inter-institutional interactions, the issues at stake and the public salience of the agreements. Overall, the involvement of the EP is largely driven by its ‘pet issues’ and in some cases indeed results in influence on the content of agreements.
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Bardou, M. (2025). Parliamentarisation under conditions : european parliament involvement in the negotiation of international agreements. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/279689