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EuParl.net: new developments |
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Working conference in London
On March 25-26, the fifth working conference of the network took
place. The members of the Board of Directors were welcomed by dr. Paul
Seaward at the History of Parliament. The board discussed the plans for a
yearly working conference and diverse activities organised by the
participating institutes.
New members to the network
The French Comité d'Histoire Parlementaire et Politique has joined
the network, as well as the Finnish Centre of Excellence in Political
Thought and Conceptual Change. Furthermore, the Research Program on
European Governance, University of Luxembourg is to be welcomed to the
network as well.
To date the following countries are members of the network:
Austria, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary,
the Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and the United
Kingdom.
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Centre for Parliamentary History (CPG) |
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Euparl.net Conference on the history of national integration
debates, Autumn 2011, the Netherlands
Currently, the Dutch Centre for Parliamentary History (CPG) and the
Documentation Centre for Dutch Political Parties (DNPP) are jointly
working on a study of the post-war perspectives and attitudes of
political parties and parliament in the Netherlands towards European
cooperation and integration.
Regarding this project an EuParl Conference is being planned with a
similar focus on national European integration debates in the various
European countries.
The conference will provide participating institutes or individual
researchers an opportunity to share research output and perspectives.
Presentations are scheduled to be published.
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Foundation of the Hellenic Parliament |
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'Introduction to the Constitutional History of Modern
Greece'
The Foundation of the Hellenic Parliament is publishing a reprint
of the book of an eminent Greek of the diaspora, Nicholas Kaltchas,
entitled 'Introduction to the Constitutional History of Modern
Greece'.
The book was written in English between the years 1930-1935 in the
US and was published posthumously, in 1940. As is apparent from its
title, the book describes the constitutional evolution of Greece,
beginning with the War of Independence (1821-1828) until the middle of
the thirties of the 20th century.
What is particularly interesting about this book, which, until
today, has not been easily accessible to researchers, is the author's
specific point of view, as he examines and evaluates the constitutional
and political trajectory of his country under the angle of the country's
foreign policy.
Research project on the evolution of the standing orders of the
current Rules of Procedures of the Hellenic Parliament
Starting point of the research are the Chamber’s Rules of Procedure
voted in 1987 a year after the constitutional revision of 1986, that laid
a foundation for the juridical principles of the so-called 'internal law'
of the Parliament.
The expected result of the research shall be presented as a code
with comments. Another final product of the research shall be the
doctrinal introduction preceding every chapter of the Rules of Procedure.
In the same volume the reader shall be able to find the text of the Rules
of Procedure, comments and a summary of the Greek parliamentary Law as
well.
The research project is directed by Professor Stephanos
Koutsobinas, a specialist in Parliamentary Law.
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The Commission for the History of Parliamentarianism and Political
Parties (KGParl) |
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Conference 'The Parliament as a Sphere of Communication', 4-6
November 2010, Berlin
The KGParl is organising a conference, titled 'The Parliament as a
Sphere of Communication'. It is the first of three international
conferences on 'Parliamentary Cultures in Europe'.
The conference has achieved financial support from the Gerda Henkel
foundation and will focus on the structural conditions and the change in
function of parliamentary communication in Europe from the 19th to the
21st centuries. The process of perception and self-observation of
parliaments, the media and the public will be discussed in four panels.
The conference languages are German and English.
Project on parliamentary police
Within the focus of Parliaments and Parliamentarism in Europe,
Tobias Kaiser is starting a small project on parliamentary police.
He presented this project at the EuParl.net meeting in London in April
2010.
Some countries have special parliamentary police forces, which
means that normal police is not allowed to be active within the
parliament building. The different national situations will be compared
with special focus on the relevant symbolic aspects.
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University of Jyväskylä and Centre of Excellence in Political Thought and
Conceptual Change |
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Finnish Conference for Historical Research, 21-23 October,
Jyväskylä
During this conference two sessions will be held. One on general
parliamentary history and one on British parliamentary history. On the
final day of the conference Dr. Paul Seaward from the History of
Pariliament will provide the keynote lecture.
Recent publication
Pasi Ihalainen, 'Agents of the People: Democracy and Popular
Sovereignty in British and Swedish Parliamentary and Public Debates,
1734-1800', Brill: Leiden & Boston 2010.
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Institute for Contemporary History (INZ) |
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Research project: National Assembly – the Slovenian Democratic
Legislative Body 1990 - 2010, 20th
Anniversary
With this research project the Institute for Contemporary History
will try to demonstrate that the Slovenian parliamentary life in the last
twenty years has been based mainly on the wishes of democratically
oriented Slovenians, expressed already before the 1990
elections.
This research will be placed in the wider context of the
implementation of the new parliamentary life in the former East European
communist countries as well as outline the functioning of the Slovenian
parliamentarism in this regard.
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Institute for Parliamentarism and Democracy Questions |
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Various activities regarding implications of the Lisbon Treaty
for national parliaments in the EU
The President of the institute Prof. Dr. Zögernitz took part in an
expert hearing in the Austrian parliament on this topic. He was also an
invited speaker in an expert panel on this question at a conference
organised by the European committees of both Chambers of Parliament in
the House of the European Union in Vienna.
Research project on politics and democracy in the Black Sea
Region
Deputy President of the institute, Dr Sully, was a guest speaker to
the working group of EUROCITIES on the subject of the dynamics of
democracy in the Black Sea region. In addition Dr Sully has participated
in various international conferences and events on this topic organised
by different universities and research institutes such as the University
of Cambridge and the Society for Foreign Policy in Munich. Publications
on this topic are in progress.
Research papers on women and politics
The Institute has published two research papers available in German
in print form on the topic of:
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politics in the EU looking at female representation in national
parliaments of EU countries, presiding officers, heads of state, the
European parliament, government ministers and quotas.
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politics in the regions and municipalities of the EU member countries
including the number of female mayors and councillors as well an
examination of political culture in influencing the participation of
women in politics.
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Parliamentary Culture
Prof. Dr Zögernitz will take part as a speaker at the planned
conference in Berlin, November, 2010 organised by the Commission for the
History of Parliamentarianism and Political Parties (KGParl). His topic
is concerned with the rules of procedure and unwritten rules of
parliamentary everyday practice.
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The Montesquieu Institute |
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Research project on the 'Delors Myth'
The MI in The Hague (through researchers Arco Timmermans and Gerard
Breeman) is participating in a comparative research project in which the
'Delors Myth' is confronted with the reality of European influence on
national legislation in West European countries.
The Delors Myth is based on the alleged prediction in 1988 by the
then EC president Jacques Delors, that at the end of the century national
policy in the important fields of economics and finance, will be based
directly on European policy.
This project systematically compares the European influence on
national legislation in the past 30 years. The comparative perspective
includes analysis of variation between policy domains and of the impact
of parliamentary scrutiny of legislation, such as by
amendments.
In this way the project also investigates the thesis often heard in
political research and in political practice that parliaments have a
relatively weak power position in European matters compared to
governments. The project results in a comparative book to be published in
2011.
Research project 'European regulatory networks in the light of
parliamentary control'
This research project focuses on European regulatory networks in
the fields of data protection and financial markets and their functioning
in the context of parliamentary democracy.
The research is carried out mainly by MI-fellow, Kutsal
Yesilkagit.
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