Patterns of Parliamentary Opposition: Empirical Evidence from the Deliberations in the German Bundestag's Committee on European Union Affairs. Issue 1 (19th December 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Albrecht, Frederike; Karlsson, Christer; Persson, Thomas
• Is Part Of: Parliamentary affairs. Volume 74:Issue 1(2021)
• Page Start: 230
• Page End: 251
• Publication Date: 2019-12-19
• Subjects: European Affairs Committees -- European Union -- German Bundestag -- National parliaments -- Parliamentary opposition; Representative government and representation -- Periodicals; Legislative bodies -- Periodicals; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- Periodicals; Legislative bodies; Political science; Representative government and representation; Great Britain; Periodicals; Periodicals; 328.4105
• DOI: 10.1093/pa/gsz048
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0031-2290

Abstract

Abstract: This article examines patterns of oppositional behaviour in the German Bundestag's Committee on European Union Affairs (EAC) for two separate legislative periods (2005–2009 and 2009–2013). The study makes two contributions to previous research. It, first, shed some much-needed empirical light on political opposition in the Bundestag by examining how much and what kind of opposition exists in the German EAC. Secondly, the article examines the differences in oppositional behaviour of the Members of Parliament between the two legislative periods following an institutional reform in 2009 that afforded the Bundestag with increased opportunity structures in Europen Union affairs.