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Het Hof Van Brussel of Hoe Europa Nederland Overneemt
Het hof van Brussel of hoe Europa Nederland overneemt Arendo Joustra bron Arendo Joustra, Het hof van Brussel of hoe Europa Nederland overneemt. Ooievaar, Amsterdam 2000 (2de druk) Zie voor verantwoording: http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/jous008hofv01_01/colofon.php © 2016 dbnl / Arendo Joustra 5 Voor mijn vader Sj. Joustra (1921-1996) Arendo Joustra, Het hof van Brussel of hoe Europa Nederland overneemt 6 ‘Het hele recht, het hele idee van een eenwordend Europa, wordt gedragen door een leger mensen dat op zoek is naar een volgende bestemming, die het blijkbaar niet in zichzelf heeft kunnen vinden, of in de liefde. Het leger offert zich moedwillig op aan dit traagkruipende monster zonder zich af te vragen waar het vandaan komt, en nog wezenlijker, of het wel bestaat.’ Oscar van den Boogaard, Fremdkörper (1991) Arendo Joustra, Het hof van Brussel of hoe Europa Nederland overneemt 9 Inleiding - Aan het hof van Brussel Het verhaal over de Europese Unie begint in Brussel. Want de hoofdstad van België is tevens de zetel van de voornaamste Europese instellingen. Feitelijk is Brussel de ongekroonde hoofdstad van de Europese superstaat. Hier komt de wetgeving vandaan waaraan in de vijftien lidstaten van de Europese Unie niets meer kan worden veranderd. Dat is wennen voor de nationale hoofdsteden en regeringscentra als het Binnenhof in Den Haag. Het spel om de macht speelt zich immers niet langer uitsluitend af in de vertrouwde omgeving van de Ridderzaal. Het is verschoven naar Brussel. Vrijwel ongemerkt hebben diplomaten en Europese functionarissen de macht op het Binnenhof veroverd en besturen zij in alle stilte, ongezien en ongecontroleerd, vanuit Brussel de ‘deelstaat’ Nederland. -
Shaping European Union: the European Parliament and Institutional Reform, 1979-1989
Shaping European Union: The European Parliament and Institutional Reform, 1979-1989 European Parliament History Series STUDY EPRS | European Parliamentary Research Service Wolfram Kaiser PE 630.271 – November 2018 EN Shaping European Union: The European Parliament and Institutional Reform, 1979-1989 Wolfram Kaiser Based on a large range of newly accessible archival sources, this study explores the European Parliament’s policies on the institutional reform of the European Communities between 1979 and 1989. It demonstrates how the Parliament fulfilled key functions in the process of constitutionalization of the present-day European Union. These functions included defining a set of criteria for effective and democratic governance, developing legal concepts such as subsidiarity, and pressurising the Member States into accepting greater institutional deepening and more powers for the Parliament in the Single European Act and the Maastricht Treaty. EPRS | European Parliamentary Research Service AUTHOR This study has been written by Professor Dr Wolfram Kaiser of the University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom, at the request of the Historical Archives Unit of the DIrectorate for the Library within the Directorate-General for Parliamentary Research Services (EPRS) of the Secretariat of the European Parliament. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The author would like to thank Christian Salm for his helpful comments on earlier drafts of this study and Etienne Deschamps for his support in finding suitable illustrations for the text. ADMINISTRATOR RESPONSIBLE Christian Salm, Historical Archives Unit To contact the publisher, please e-mail [email protected] LINGUISTIC VERSIONS Original: EN Manuscript completed in September 2018. DISCLAIMER AND COPYRIGHT This document is prepared for, and addressed to, the Members and staff of the European Parliament as background material to assist them in their parliamentary work. -
Political Culture and Dynamics of the European Parliament, 1979-1989
Political Culture and Dynamics of the European Parliament, 1979-1989 European Parliament History Series STUDY EPRS | European Parliamentary Research Service Birte Wassenberg and Sylvain Schirmann PE 644.204 – November 2019 EN Political Culture and Dynamics of the European Parliament, 1979-1989 Birte Wassenberg and Sylvain Schirmann EPRS | European Parliamentary Research Service AUTHORS This study is co-authored by Professor Birte Wassenberg and Professor Sylvain Schirmann from the University of Strasbourg (Sciences Po) in France. It was commissioned by the Directorate for the Library and Knowledge Services, part of the Directorate-General for Parliamentary Research Services (EPRS) of the European Parliament's Secretariat. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The authors would like to thank Alexandra Ongono Pomme and Francesca Tortorella for their contribution to the research work. RESPONSIBLE ADMINISTRATOR Étienne Deschamps, Directorate for the Library and Knowledge Services To contact the authors, please email: [email protected] LANGUAGE VERSIONS Original: FR Manuscript completed in November 2018. Translations: DE; EN. DISCLAIMER AND COPYRIGHT This study has been prepared for the Members and staff of the European Parliament as a reference document to support their parliamentary work. The content of this document is the sole responsibility of the authors and any opinions expressed herein do not necessarily represent the official position of the European Parliament. Reproduction and translation for non-commercial purposes are authorised,