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Shadows as leaders? The amendment success of shadow rapporteurs in the European Parliament
Published in European Union Politics, 2022
‘In light of secluded decision-making and early agreements, a binding mandate for the European Parliament’s negotiation team is essential to prevent agency loss in trilogue negotiations. In this article, I investigate the influence of the often-overlooked shadow rapporteurs on this mandate. Shadow rapporteurs are their party group’s representatives and act as checks on the rapporteur. Drawing on novel insights from network analysis, I expect shadow rapporteurs and their stance on EU integration to affect the success of amendments they are sponsoring. I draw on a novel dataset of 1524 committee amendments and employ three-level multinomial logistic regression to test these expectations. I find shadow rapporteurs to be influential policy leaders who successfully shape the committee report and, therefore, mitigate the risk of agency loss in potential trilogues. Shadow rapporteurs can successfully check the rapporteur and thereby influence the content of EU legislation.’
Recommended citation: Steinecke, David. (2022). "Shadows as leaders? The amendment success of shadow rapporteurs in the European Parliament." European Union Politics. 23(4). p. 700 – 720.
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West Lothians in the European Parliament? Diverging Vote Choices in Cases of Differentiated Integration
Published in Swiss Political Science Review, 2024
‘Territorial differentiation entails challenges for legitimate representation as legislators may be empowered to vote on legislation that does not affect their constituencies. A typical example of this democratic dilemma is the “West Lothian question” in the United Kingdom, where all members of the House of Commons can vote on bills that only affect England. The European Union faces a similar dilemma when members of the European Parliament vote on bills from which their member states are exempted. We analyse EU legislators’ voting behaviour on differentiated policies to provide the missing empirical evidence for an informed debate about the institutional design of legislative rules under differentiation. We show that legislators abstain more frequently than their party group colleagues when their constituency is not subject to a bill due to sovereignty concerns. This practice of abstention resembles an existing norm in the United Kingdom and mitigates the democratic dilemma associated with differentiation.’
Recommended citation: Steinecke, David & Heermann, Max. (2024). "West Lothians in the European Parliament? Diverging Vote Choices in Cases of Differentiated Integration." Swiss Political Science Review. 30(4). p. 472 – 485.
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Introduction to International Relations
Undergraduate Seminar, Winter term 2024, University of Lucerne, 2024
Reasearching the European Parliament: Actors, Preferences & Behaviour
Advanced Undergraduate Seminar, Summer term 2024, University of Konstanz, 2024