Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen contains articles on political issues dealing with representation and legitimation of the political system. The articles provide a broad overview of the functioning of national and regional parliaments as well as a forum for comparative analysis of international parliaments. One stress is on the parliamentary development of different countries. Indices are provided in every issue which makes the ZParl an outstanding reference book for institutional and comparative political studies. Website: www.zparl.nomos.de
The 2024 European elections in Germany took place against the backdrop of a fundamentally pro-European mood . For most Germans, the EU guarantees protection and safe coexistence in Europe in times of crisis . Peacekeeping and social security were...
Since the European elections in 2014, the number of parties elected to the European Parliament (EP) in Germany has more than doubled . The removal of the 5-percent threshold in electoral law gave seven small(est) parties with an increasing number of...
Since joining the EU on January 1, 1995, Austria has been represented in the European Parliament by directly elected members . After 30 years of EU membership, this article analyses the social profiles of all Austrian MEPs to date . Age, education,...
Roll-call votes play an important role in parliamentary research, but have so far focused almost exclusively on plenary votes due to a lack of data . In a transparency offensive, the European Parliament (EP) decided in 2014 to make roll-call votes...
With a special focus on the Dutch Politieke Partij Radikalen (PPR) and its sister party Die Grünen in the period 1968 to 1984, this historical study of the early years of the alliance of green parties in Europe provides a new perspective on the...
‘At the end of this day, I cannot pretend that nothing has happened’, said French President Emmanuel Macron after the far-right Rassemblement National emerged as the clear winner of the European Parliament elections on June 9, 2024 . He...
This article examines the constitutionally grounded balance between the principle of transparency and the requirements of confidentiality in parliamentary committees of inquiry . These temporary suborganizations are central instruments of...
In 2023, only 22 .4 percent of the members entitled to vote participated in the social insurance elections, i .e . the third biggest election in Germany . Against this backdrop, the paper describes the functions of the sectoral quasi-parliaments in...
The planned European Political Community (EPC) was intended to serve as a political backup for the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and for the European Defence Community (EDC) agreed between the six ECSC countries . The so-called Ad Hoc...
This paper focuses on a subset of the interest group population in the German health policy sector . Analyzing the invitation lists to all public hearings the health committee of the German Bundestag carried out between the 15th and the 19th...
As a result of demographic change, young voters are increasingly losing influence in elections . Children and adolescents below voting age have no voting rights at all, yet are subject to policy and law . Previous proposals to combat these...