Abstract
This article considers the impact of the Treaty of Lisbon on national parliaments. The Laeken declaration singled out the role of national parliaments as one of the key issues to be considered in Treaty reform, and the Constitutional Convention identified that their enhanced involvement would help to ‘strengthen the democratic legitimacy of the Union and bring it closer to its citizens’. The article evaluates the subsidiarity monitoring arrangements for national parliaments introduced by the Treaty of Lisbon and argues that, notwithstanding improved procedures and opportunities for participation in EU affairs, these changes will only have a marginal effect upon legislative accountability.
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