ZParl Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen

The year 2025 marks the 100th anniversary of the historically momentous presidential election of 1925, in which Paul von Hindenburg was elected Reich President. With 48.3 percent, Hindenburg only narrowly beat the candidate of the Centre Party, SPD...

Despite legal equality, women remain a minority on all levels of political offices, mainly due to unequal access to political power. This article therefore examines structural disadvantages that women experience in the context of internal party...

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,...

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...

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...

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...