National parliaments as ‘multi-arena players’ in the European Union? Insights into Poland and France

@article{BoroskaHryniewiecka2020NationalPA,
  title={National parliaments as ‘multi-arena players’ in the European Union? Insights into Poland and France},
  author={Karolina Borońska-Hryniewiecka},
  journal={Journal of European Integration},
  year={2020},
  volume={43},
  pages={701 - 716}
}
ABSTRACT Have national parliaments become ‘multi-arena players’ in the field of EU affairs? Through the means of cross-country comparison of Poland and France this study probes how national parliaments juggle their activities between domestic and EU-level realms with regard to four EU-oriented arenas: ex-ante scrutiny of national governments, the Early Warning Mechanism for subsidiarity control, the political dialogue with the European Commission, and the ‘green card’ initiative. The paper… 
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