The EU’s administrative systems relies to a considerable extend on the delegation of executive tasks to the European Commission, which is in turn controlled in this task through a plethora of implementing committees – the so-called ‘comitology’ system. Considering the centrality of...

The Maastricht Treaty provided for a consultative Committee of the Regions to bring the European Union's “third level” into the deliberation of legislation. It began to operate in early 1994. This article assesses its creation and recent activity against the expectations and demands that...

The European Parliament is frequently seen as the ‘big winner’ of the Lisbon Treaty, given the fact that several changes have significantly extended its powers, such as the extension of co-decision as the ordinary legislative procedure, and the introduction of the assent procedure to...