@article{2015:hsing:europisi,
title = {Europäisierung des deutschen Landesparlamentarismus? Zur Rolle der Landtagsverwaltungen},
year = {2015},
note = {The Lisbon Treaty established the Early-warning-system (EWS) for the
scrutiny of subsidi- arity which provides parliaments of the member
states with the opportunity to influence law-making at the European
level . In the case of Germany, this provision affects not only the
Bundestag but also the Bundesrat, the second chamber . While the
Bundesrat is an ex- ecutive body, state parliaments can also make use
of the new subsidiarity instruments . Nev- ertheless, there are wide
differences whether and how they use these instruments . This arti-
cle highlights the role played in this process by one under-researched
parliamentary actor: the parliamentary staff . Usually, parliamentary
staff is assumed to be apolitical . However, the low politicization of
European issues at the subnational level and the limited expertise of
politicians in this field can potentially turn politically neutral
administrative staff mem- bers into influential players . Hence, the
described EU-related professionalization of the state parliaments,
including the horizontal and vertical cooperation, is very important
for their functioning . [ZParl, vol . 46, no . 1, pp . 136 - 150]},
journal = {ZParl Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen},
pages = {136--150},
author = {Häsing, Jens and Buzogany, Aron},
volume = {46},
number = {1}
}