Not Worth the Net Worth? The Democratic Dilemmas of Privileged Access to Information
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Resumo: | In this article, we discuss the democratic conditions for parliamentary oversight in EU foreign affairs. Our point of departure is two Interinstitutional Agreements (IIAs) between the Council and the European Parliament (EP), which provide the latter with access to sensitive documents. To shed light on this issue, we ask to what extent these contribute to the democratic accountability in EU foreign policy? It is argued that the IIAs have strengthened the EP’s role in EU foreign affairs by giving it access to information to which it was previously denied. This does not mean, however, that this increase in power equals a strengthening of the EP as a democratic accountability forum. First of all, both IIAs (even if there are differences between them) fail to maximise the likelihood that the plurality of views in the EP as a whole is reproduced. Secondly, and more importantly, the EU citizens are largely deprived of opportunities to appraise how their elected representatives have exercised their role as guardians of executive power. |
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Not Worth the Net Worth? The Democratic Dilemmas of Privileged Access to Informationdemocratic accountability; European Parliament; European Union; secrecy; transparencyIn this article, we discuss the democratic conditions for parliamentary oversight in EU foreign affairs. Our point of departure is two Interinstitutional Agreements (IIAs) between the Council and the European Parliament (EP), which provide the latter with access to sensitive documents. To shed light on this issue, we ask to what extent these contribute to the democratic accountability in EU foreign policy? It is argued that the IIAs have strengthened the EP’s role in EU foreign affairs by giving it access to information to which it was previously denied. This does not mean, however, that this increase in power equals a strengthening of the EP as a democratic accountability forum. First of all, both IIAs (even if there are differences between them) fail to maximise the likelihood that the plurality of views in the EP as a whole is reproduced. Secondly, and more importantly, the EU citizens are largely deprived of opportunities to appraise how their elected representatives have exercised their role as guardians of executive power.Cogitatio2017-09-25info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v5i3.946oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/946Politics and Governance; Vol 5, No 3 (2017): EU Institutional Politics of Secrecy and Transparency in Foreign Affairs; 51-612183-2463reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttps://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/946https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v5i3.946https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/946/946Copyright (c) 2017 Guri Rosén, Anne Elizabeth Stiehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessRosén, GuriStie, Anne Elizabeth2022-10-21T16:04:10Zoai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/946Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T16:13:53.242667Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Not Worth the Net Worth? The Democratic Dilemmas of Privileged Access to Information |
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Not Worth the Net Worth? The Democratic Dilemmas of Privileged Access to Information |
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Not Worth the Net Worth? The Democratic Dilemmas of Privileged Access to Information Rosén, Guri democratic accountability; European Parliament; European Union; secrecy; transparency |
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Not Worth the Net Worth? The Democratic Dilemmas of Privileged Access to Information |
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Not Worth the Net Worth? The Democratic Dilemmas of Privileged Access to Information |
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Not Worth the Net Worth? The Democratic Dilemmas of Privileged Access to Information |
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Not Worth the Net Worth? The Democratic Dilemmas of Privileged Access to Information |
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Not Worth the Net Worth? The Democratic Dilemmas of Privileged Access to Information |
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Rosén, Guri |
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Rosén, Guri Stie, Anne Elizabeth |
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Stie, Anne Elizabeth |
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Rosén, Guri Stie, Anne Elizabeth |
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democratic accountability; European Parliament; European Union; secrecy; transparency |
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democratic accountability; European Parliament; European Union; secrecy; transparency |
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In this article, we discuss the democratic conditions for parliamentary oversight in EU foreign affairs. Our point of departure is two Interinstitutional Agreements (IIAs) between the Council and the European Parliament (EP), which provide the latter with access to sensitive documents. To shed light on this issue, we ask to what extent these contribute to the democratic accountability in EU foreign policy? It is argued that the IIAs have strengthened the EP’s role in EU foreign affairs by giving it access to information to which it was previously denied. This does not mean, however, that this increase in power equals a strengthening of the EP as a democratic accountability forum. First of all, both IIAs (even if there are differences between them) fail to maximise the likelihood that the plurality of views in the EP as a whole is reproduced. Secondly, and more importantly, the EU citizens are largely deprived of opportunities to appraise how their elected representatives have exercised their role as guardians of executive power. |
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