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Negotiating Brexit: the European Parliament between participation and influence
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posted on 2019-06-13, 14:12 authored by Edoardo Bressanelli, Nicola ChelottiNicola Chelotti, Wilhelm LehmannArticle 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon gives the European Parliament (EP) the power to consent on the terms of the withdrawal agreement between the exiting state and the EU. As Brexit is the first case where art. 50 has been invoked, the role of the EP in such a procedure is uncharted territory. This article assesses to what extent the EP has contributed to the Brexit negotiations until November 2018. Drawing on official documentation and thirteen original interviews with EU policy-makers, it maps the Parliament’s organisational adaptation to prepare itself for the challenge. Through its steering group and coordinator, and by carefully issuing resolutions, the EP has managed to become a ‘quasi-negotiator’. More difficult to detect is the EP’s actual influence, as its preferences were closely aligned to those of the other EU institutions. Overall, the EP had a selective attention in the process, primarily focusing on citizens’ rights.
Funding
The work of Nicola Chelotti was supported by the Economic and Social Research Council [grant number ES/R001847/1], and part of the project ‘28+ Perspectives on Brexit: a guide to the multi-stakeholder negotiations’.
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- Loughborough University London
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Journal of European IntegrationVolume
41Issue
3Pages
347 - 363Citation
BRESSANELLI, E., CHELOTTI, N. and LEHMANN, W., 2019. Negotiating Brexit: the European Parliament between participation and influence. Journal of European Integration, 41 (3), pp.347-363.Publisher
© Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis GroupVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of European Integration on 16 May 2019, available online: hhttps://doi.org/10.1080/07036337.2019.1599372Publication date
2019-05-16ISSN
0703-6337eISSN
1477-2280Publisher version
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- en
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