Interparliamentary Cooperation in the Composite European Constitution: 1 (Parliamentary Democracy in Europe) - Hardcover

The greatest merit of the book is to shed light on a topic which has been significantly underexplored in the scholarly literature.
I- Connect Blog

The volume offers a compelling overview of the state of inter-parliamentary co-operation in the EU. It is not only extremely useful for those who are particularly interested in how national parliaments (and the European Parliament) co-operate or not, but it will also be an important reference for anyone who is studying parliamentary democracy in Europe, researchers and practitioners alike.
European Law Review

The volume shows the potential of an 'effective and regular interparliamentary cooperation in the Union' which is highly supported by the Lisbon Treaty.(translated from the original Italian)
Rivista Trimestrale del Diritto Pubblico

This collection analyses the place and the functioning of interparliamentary cooperation in the EU composite constitutional order, taking into account both the European and the national dimensions. The chapters join the recent scholarship on the role of parliaments in the EU after the Treaty of Lisbon.The aim of this volume is to highlight the constitutional significance of interparliamentary cooperation as a permanent feature of EU democracy and as a new parliamentary function as well as to investigate the practical side of this relatively new phenomenon. To this end the contributors are academics and parliamentary officials from all over Europe.
The volume discusses the developments in interparliamentary cooperation and its implications for the organisation and procedures of national parliaments and the European Parliament, for the fragmented executive of the EU, and for the democratic legitimacy of the overall EU composite Constitution. These issues are examined by looking at the European legislative process, the European Semester and the Treaty revisions. Moreover, the contributions take into account the effects of interparliamentary cooperation on the internal structure of parliaments and analyse the different models of interparliamentary cooperation, ie from COSAC to the new Interparliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the European Union provided by the Fiscal Compact.