The European Parliament - Softcover

Corbett, Richard; Jacobs, Francis; Shackleton, Michael

 
9780956450852: The European Parliament

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The European Parliament is designed to provide a practical textbook and desktop reference on every aspect of the functioning of the Parliament. Over eight editions, The European Parliament has established itself as an important landmark in the literature on the European Union. The book provides an invaluable guide to the institution's history, power and politics. It explains both what drives the Parliament internally and the dynamics of its increasingly central role in the EU political system as a whole. For academics and practitioners alike, Corbett, Jacobs and Shackleton offer a superb starting-point for any serious understanding of the world's only elected transnational parliament.A" Jerzy Buzek, President of the European Parliament No one can seek to understand the functioning of the European Union without understanding its Parliament. This book -- now in its eighth edition -- is recognised in academia and among practitioners as the authoritative guide to the European Parliament.A"Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council

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Richard Corbett is the advisor on constitutional questions to the President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy. He handles the President's relations with the European Parliament. From 1996 to 2009 he was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP). He was spokesperson on constitutional affairs and EU reform for the Socialist Group and rapporteur on the European Constitution and the treaty of Lisbon, as well as on several revisions of Parliament's Rules of Procedure. Francis Jacobs is Head of the European Parliament's Information Office in Dublin. Before that he had worked as an official for several of the Parliament's committees, most recently as the Head of Unit responsible for the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection. Michael Shackleton is Head of the European Parliament Information Office in the United Kingdom. Before this he had most recently been responsible for the setting up of europarltv, the Parliament's webTV channel, launched in September 2008, and prior to that been the Head of Unit responsible for concilA--iations and codecision.

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