The Parliamentarization of the EU’s Political System: its Impact on Legitimacy

  • Alberto Priego Universidad Pontificia de Comillas
  • Gracia Abad Universidad Antonio de Nebrija
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18543/ced-52-2015pp17-37
Keywords: parliamentarism, presidentialism, EU, legitimacy

Abstract

The European Union is a rigid political system established with the creation of the ECSC. Its reform is difficult because two different sensibilities coexist: the Functional/Communitarian and Constitutional one. However, the EU needs to reform its institutions in order to adapt them to the new international order, the only option for reform being the addition of elements borrowed from the classical political systems, both parliamentary and presidential. Until now, most of the elements adopted have been parliamentary in nature. This could benefit EU legitimacy, as parliamentary systems are more common in Europe and are, therefore, perceived as more legitimate by the Europeans.

Received: 16 December 2014
Accepted: 26 January 2015
Published online: 15 April 2016

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2015-04-30
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Priego, Alberto, and Gracia Abad. 2015. “The Parliamentarization of the EU’s Political System: Its Impact on Legitimacy”. Deusto Journal of European Studies, no. 52 (April), 17-37. https://doi.org/10.18543/ced-52-2015pp17-37.
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No. 52 (2015): Renovación institucional en la Unión Europea. ¿Esta vez fue diferente?
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