This report reflects on the efforts and role of European Parliament in promoting the use of independent expertise in … European legislative process. The European Parliament has a unique model of involving the independent expertise of universities … European Parliament and European University Institute. …

This article summarizes research on the analysis of roll call votes in the European Parliament since the European … Parliament was elected by universal suffrage and draws lessons about legislative behavior in the European Parliament. The … research shows that voting in the European Parliament occurs along supranational party lines and not along geographical lines …

Given its recent development of becoming a fully fledged legislature in EU politics, the European Parliament is … party cohesion within the European Parliament (see, for instance, Hix et al. 2007) do not refer to the American example … and explaining figures of party cohesion between the USA House of Representatives and the EU European Parliament. The …

This article investigates the impact of the legislative powers of the European Parliament (EP), particularly the co …'s internal development, how far the EP has been able to influence EU legislation, and whether EP involvement in legislation has …

This article summarizes research on the analysis of roll call votes in the European Parliament since the European … Parliament was elected by universal suffrage and draws lessons about legislative behavior in the European Parliament. The … research shows that voting in the European Parliament occurs along supranational party lines and not along geographical lines …

This paper questions the claim that the European Parliament (EP) is a legislature with strong committees. It examines …

the European Parliament in the ordinary legislative procedure. The overaching question the contributions addresses is …