Abstract
The authors discuss the issue of democratic control and accountability in the realm of European Union (EU) external relations. Legislative assemblies are key instruments in ensuring democratic control. This chapter places emphasis on the multilevel system of legislatures in the EU. The EU has developed a distinctive structure of legislative relations that shapes its ability to exercise democratic control and accountability of external relations.
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Ch. 1: Off or on field? The multilevel parliamentary field of EU external relations
John Erik Fossum and Guri Rosén
in: Parliamentary Cooperation and Diplomacy in EU External Relations
Kolja Raube, Meltem Müftüler-Bac and Jan Wouters (eds)
Elgar, 2019
ISBN: 978 1 78643 884 3