‘Yellow cards’ from national EU parliaments not very effective

Feature looks at the results of a study commissioned from the Radboud University Nijmegen: Institute for Management Research by the Dutch Parliament called Radboud University Nijmegen: Institute for Management Research called 'Engaging with Europe. Evaluating national parliamentary control of EU decision making after the Lisbon Treaty. the study was published in December 2014.

The research seemed to indicate dissatisfaction by national parliaments with the implementation of the new rules.

Radboud University Nijmegen: Institute for Management Research: Engaging with Europe. Evaluating national parliamentary control of EU decision making after the Lisbon Treaty, December 2014 http://www.tweedekamer.nl/sites/default/files/atoms/files/evl_report_of_findings_final.pdf

ESO: Background information: Referees or spectators? National Parliaments and subsidiarity in the VIIIth European Parliament http://www.europeansources.info/record/referees-or-spectators-national-parliaments-and-subsidiarity-in-the-viiith-european-parliament/

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