Abstract
The article examines the relationship between national parliaments and the EU institutions from the perspective of the concept of policy networks. We verified the hypothesis that the varied and complex forms of cooperation between national parliaments and EU institutions developed through good practices and self-organisation had positive impact on the political processes of the EU. The studied policy networks were analysed for: determining the limits, the level of integration and openness, the nature of existing relationships, the causes of network creation and ultimately the impact of these networks on the political processes taking place in the EU.
Highlights
The article examines the relationship between national parliaments and the European Union (EU) institutions from the perspective of the concept of policy networks
The subject of the research presented is the relationship between the national parliaments (NP) and the institutions of the European Union (EU)
Recent regulatory changes have expanded the scope of cooperation between NPs with the EP, the Council and the European Commission and the ability to influence political processes of the EU
Summary
The purpose of the policy network analysis is to describe the complex relations in the areas of politics for the purpose of understanding their political consequences (Rhodes 2008). In the Polish literature, the analysis using the concept of a policy network is undertaken in a modest range as opposed to the English-language literature (for example: Benson 1982; European Journal of Political Research 1992; Börzel 1998; Nedergaard, Jensen 2014). This concept is most commonly used to study the relationship between public and private entities within the political systems of modern states (for example: Dowding 1995; Rhodes, Marsh 1992; Atkinson, Coleman 2009). On the basis of the criteria, the authors of this concept developed a map of six types of networks set out below
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