This chapter evaluates the effects of the European integration process on its member-states. It focuses in particular on:
- The Transformation of the EU since 1985
- Europeanisation of national politics and domestication of European Politics
- National governments and parliaments in the EU multilevel governance system
Questions for Revision:
• Define the concept of ‘Europeanisation’ and give examples from different
• What is the role of the Council of the European Union in the European Union
• Discuss the role of national parliaments in the EU multilevel governance
• How much autonomy have member states in relation to the supranational
institutions of the EU?
• How democratic is the European Union?
Important articles and chapters
Börzel, Tanja and Thomas Risse (2000), When Europe Hits Home: Europeanization and
Domestic Change. European University Institute, working papers, no. 56.
Börzel, Tanja (2005), Europeanization: How the European Union interacts with the memberstates.
In: Simon Bulmer and Christian Lequesne (eds), The Member-States of the European
Union. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp.45–69.
Knill,Christoph and Dork Lehmkuhl (2002), The national impact of European Union
regulatory policy: three Europeanization mechanisms. European Journal of Political Research,
Ladrech, Robert (1994), Europeanization of domestic politics and institutions: the case of
France. Journal of Common Market Studies, 32(1): 69–88.
Radaelli, Claudio (2003), The Europeanization of public policy. In: Kevin Featherstone and
Claudio M. Radaelli (eds), The Politics of Europeanization. Oxford: Oxford University Press,
European Union core political system
Cini, Michele (ed.) (2007), European Union Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Hix, Simon (2005), The Political System of the European Union. Basingstroke: Palgrave.
Wallace, Helen, William Wallace and Mark A. Pollack (eds) (2005), Policy-Making in the
European Union. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Europeanisation of member states
Bulmer, Simon and Christian Lequesne (eds) (2005), The Member-States of the European
Union. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Cowles, Maria Green, James Caporaso and Thomas Risse (eds) (2001), Transforming
Europe: Europeanization and Domestic Change. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
Featherstone, Kevin and Claudio M. Radaelli (eds) (2003), The Politics of Europeanization.
Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Schimmelfennig, Frank and Ulrich Sedelmeier (eds) (2005), Europeanization of Central and
Eastern Europe. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
Schmidt, Vivien (2005), Democracy in Europe. The EU and National Institutions. Oxford:
Oxford University Press.
National parliaments and the European Union
Holzhacker, Ronald and Erik Albaek (eds) (2007), Democratic Governance and European
Integration: Linking Societal and State Processes of Democracy. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
Maurer, Andreas and Wolfgang Wessels (eds) (2001), National Parliaments on their Ways
to Europe: Losers or Latecomers? Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft.
O’Brennan, John and Tapio Raunio (eds) (2007), National Parliaments within the Enlarged
European Union. London: Routledge.