Současná Evropa 2015, 2015(1):67-84

Charakter členství jako determinant odlišného výkonu? Explorační analýza evropských výborů českého parlamentu

Martin Kuta, Jan Němec

Článek přispívá do debaty o údajném demokratickém deficitu evropské integrace a jeho odstraňování. Autoři se zaměřují na jeden její směr, tj. demokratizaci prostřednictvím parlamentarizace Evropské unie, přičemž navazují na analýzu D. Krále týkající se fungování kontroly evropských záležitostí v obou komorách českého parlamentu. Zdůrazňují roli výborů pro evropské záležitosti analyzují složení těchto výborů v Poslanecké sněmovně a Senátu s ohledem na koncentraci, kontinuitu a specializaci jejich členů. Výbor Poslanecké sněmovny vykazuje nižší míru koncentrace a kontinuity (a to jak v čase, tak ve srovnání s jiným sněmovním výborem a obdobným výborem Senátu) a fragmentovanější specializaci. Identifikované rozdíly v charakteru členství mohou přispívat k odlišnému výkonu obou komor, čímž se otevírá prostor pro další výzkum týkající se strategií stranických klubů ohledně nominací svých členů do těchto výborů.

Keywords: Evropská unie, národní parlamenty, výbory pro evropské záležitosti, parlamentní kontrola

The Character of Membership as a Determinant of Different Performance? An Exploratory Analysis of European Affairs Committees of the Czech Parliament

The paper enters the debate connected with the broad issue of alleged democratic deficit of the European integration. The authors follow one branch of this debate, i.e. the democratization through parliamentarization of the European Union. They develop David Kral's analysis of the functioning of EU affairs oversight in both chambers of the Czech Parliament. Regarding this issue, the authors emphasize the role of EU Affairs Committees within the oversight mechanism. They analyze the composition of such committees in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Czech Parliament, considering the concentration, continuity and specialization of the membership. In all these criteria, the EU Affairs Committee of the Chamber of Deputies expresses lower concentration and continuity (both in time and in comparison with another standing committee and EU Affairs Committee of the Senate) and more fragmented specialization. These differences may contribute to different oversight performance of both chambers and the results of this exploratory analysis open further research possibilities on the strategies of parliamentary party groups regarding the nomination to these committees.

Keywords: European Union, national parliaments, EU affairs committees, parliamentary oversight
JEL classification: D71, D72, F55, H10

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