Separation of Powers in 21st Century Europe, Amsterdam europa-nu.nl - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from europa-nu.nl Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA)
External action and trade policy is traditionally seen as dominated by the executive. Yet, EU trade policy has undergone a gradual process of democratization, as the powers of the European Parliament have gradually expanded. At the same time, the expansion of the scope of the EU’s exclusive powers has led to a loss of control of Member State parliaments. This shift in distribution of powers and the increased awareness of the environmental and redistributive effects of EU trade policy have made the EU’s trade agreements subject to a tremendous intra-parliamentary and extra-parliamentary debate. This workshop aims to explore the implications of this new distribution of powers for the substantive content of trade agreements, as concerns in particular sustainability and (in)equality.