Karolina Borońska-Hryniewiecka
Jean Monnet Fellow 2012/2013, European University Institute, Florence
The inclusion of subnational parliaments into the Early Warning System for subsidiarity control generates transforming dynamics in the parliamentary modus operandi in EU decentralised systems. The empirical findings reveal however considerable variations in the pace and scope of the subnational parliamentary activity in ex-ante EU policy control. For this reason, shedding light on how subnational parliaments interact with other institutional actors during the pre-legislative phase is necessary to further our understanding of the dynamics at play in the multi-level polity. Drawing from a comparative institutional analysis, this article offers a theoretical framework which permits to account for the variations in the patterns of subnational parliamentary mobilization in the framework of the EWS, and beyond. In identifying the causal factors for subnational parliamentary engagement in the ex-ante EU policy control, this paper accounts for domestic institutional variables (such as the position of the second chamber, relations with regional executive or the nature of inter-institutional communication patterns), which have not been addressed so far in a single study.
