Parliamentary scrutiny of the European Commission: implementation of the Treaty provisions

The European Parliament's application of scrutiny prerogatives of political oversight of the European Commission increases the democratic legitimacy of the European Union, and the transparency and accountability of the European executive.

The study examines the status quo of the European Parliament's powers of scrutiny of the European Commission. The cases examined pertain mainly to electoral and institutional issues, motions of censure, parliamentary questions, inquiry committees and special parliamentary committees and reporting, consultation and provision of information. It also touches upon scrutiny in budgetary issues, scrutiny of delegated acts, scrutiny in the legislative procedure, legal proceedings and the EU's external relations

European Parliament: European Parliamentary Research Service: Study, October 2018: Parliamentary scrutiny of the European Commission: implementation of the Treaty provisions http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2018/627115/EPRS_STU(2018)627115_EN.pdf

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