National Parliaments after the Lisbon Treaty and the Euro Crisis

Introduction

1: The Legacy of an Evolving Polity: Democracy, National Identity, and the Good Functioning of the EU, Davor Jancic

Part I: European Constitutionalism and Democratic Legitimacy
2: EU Constitutionalism and National Parliaments: Insiders or Outsiders?, Leonard Besselink
3: National Parliaments and Mediated Legitimacy in the EU: Theory and History, Peter Lindseth
4: Constitutional Review and the Powers of National Parliaments in EU Affairs: Erosion or Protection?, Cristina Fasone and Nicola Lupo
5: National Parliaments and the European Union: A View from Westminster, Julie Smith
6: Mind the Gap! The Implications of Comitology and the Open Method of Coordination for National Parliaments, Gavin Barrett

Part II: National Parliaments and the Euro Crisis
7: Financial Crisis, National Parliaments, and EMU Reform, Ingolf Pernice
8: Accountability of the European Central Bank in a Deepening EMU, Davor Jancic
9: Executive Accountability to National Parliaments in Post-Crisis EU Affairs: The Persistent Shortcomings in the Council and European Council Oversight, Diane Fromage
10: Parliaments as Arenas of Representation and Public Contestation: Insights from the Eurozone Crisis, Frank Wendler
11: European Semester Compliance and National Political Party Ownership, Aleksandra Maatsch

Part III: Interparliamentary Cooperation in EU Internal and External Affairs
12: The Emerging Order of Interparliamentary Cooperation in the Post-Lisbon EU, Ian Cooper
13: From the Early Warning System to a 'Green Card' for National Parliaments: Hindering or Accelerating EU Lawmaking?, Karolina Boronska-Hryniewiecka
14: National Parliaments as Political Safeguards of Federalism: Interparliamentary Cooperation in the EU, the US, and Switzerland, Katarzyna Granat
15: The Many Facets of Parliamentary Involvement and Interaction in EU External Relations: A Multilevel Tale, Kolja Raube and Jan Wouters

Conclusion
16: EU Law's Grand Scheme on National Parliaments: The Third Yellow Card on Posted Workers and the Way Forward, Davor Jancic