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doi:10.1017/9781009228800.018

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‘Six-Pack’ legislation, 42, 138, 155, 158

‘Two-Pack’ legislation, 42, 135, 136, 138, 146, 155, 158, 159, 163

access to

documents, 2, 10, 35, 149–152, 268

information, 35, 37, 112, 113, 149, 152, 229, 268, 275

accountability

action, 52, 53, 61

administration, 21, 25, 31, 46, 50, 52, 53, 55–57, 60, 61, 83

bureaucracy, 8

comparative evaluation, 24, 29

conceptualisation\conceptualization, 3, 5, 21, 23, 30, 47, 52, 54, 66, 67, 73, 82, 117, 129, 180

consequences, 4, 21, 61, 62, 67, 70, 73, 75, 79, 137, 158, 263, 265

contestation, 46, 52, 57, 59, 62

design, 21, 46, 50, 53, 66, 147, 148

effectiveness, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 16, 22, 23, 31, 32, 37, 38, 43, 73, 75, 77, 98, 109, 139, 149, 155, 156, 160–162, 178, 179, 190, 201, 208, 209, 215, 237, 240, 264

evaluation, 147

goods, 6–9, 11, 23, 24, 32, 34, 37, 43, 45, 66, 72, 76, 109, 149, 152, 156, 157, 159, 160, 162, 165, 166, 171, 175, 179, 180, 201, 202, 211, 215, 217, 237, 238, 240, 268–270, 275, 282, 283, 286, 287

information, 67, 70, 73, 79, 124, 125

justifications, 5, 6, 21, 23, 26, 30, 58, 59, 61, 62, 67, 70, 73, 79, 83, 180, 201, 206

legal, 9, 14, 19, 22–25, 27, 37, 44, 133, 142, 146, 152, 153, 217, 218, 222, 224, 234, 238, 245, 254, 263, 271, 276, 289, 290

market, 8, 28, 29, 65–69, 71–76, 78–80

non-arbitrariness, 6, 8, 12, 13, 23, 31, 35–37, 43, 109, 149, 156, 160–162, 168, 169, 201, 206–208, 211, 214, 215, 269, 270, 275, 282, 283, 312

openness, 6, 8, 10, 12, 30, 31, 34–36, 43, 66, 72–74, 76, 79, 149, 152, 156, 160–162, 166, 167, 170, 217, 220, 222, 229, 233, 269, 275

per factum, 49–51, 56, 57, 62

political, 7–11, 13, 15, 19, 22–24, 26, 28–31, 35, 42–44, 52, 56, 57, 60, 64, 66, 71–73, 76, 78–80, 83, 89, 133, 136, 137, 142, 159, 289–292, 306, 309, 312–315

post factum, 48, 49, 57

pre factum, 48, 57, 61

principal–agent, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29, 42, 74, 86, 157

procedural, 6, 9–11, 13–15, 23, 24, 32–37, 39–41, 43, 44, 73, 76–78, 109, 110, 140, 152, 156, 162, 166–170, 180, 189, 201, 202, 211, 216, 233, 235, 237, 268, 269, 278, 279, 283, 284, 286, 287, 305

publicness, 6, 8, 12–14, 23, 32, 38–40, 43, 109, 149, 156, 160–162, 168, 201, 202, 208, 209, 211, 214, 215, 217, 220, 224, 227, 232, 233, 238–240, 269, 270, 275, 283, 284

standards, 23, 25, 34, 40, 66

substantive, 6–16, 19, 23, 24, 28, 32–41, 43, 44, 46, 53, 58, 59, 62, 73, 76–78, 109, 110, 120, 132, 139, 140, 152, 153, 156, 162, 168, 170, 175, 176, 180, 189, 201, 202, 206, 209, 233, 235, 238, 261, 263, 264, 268, 269, 283–287, 305, 310, 312

task, 51, 52

transparency, 124

vis-à-vis finance ministers in the Economic and Monetary Union, 20

actions for annulment, 94, 273, 276, 277

algorithm, 52, 57

Asset Purchase Programme, 38

austerity, 13, 225–227, 233, 240, 241, 245–247, 249–251, 254–256, 259–265

banking

dialogue, 97–99, 104

resolution, 107, 108, 129

supervision, 8, 20, 22, 26, 35, 107–111, 113, 117, 119, 124, 126, 129, 130

Union, 8–10, 15, 66, 81, 82, 84, 85, 87, 89, 92, 94, 97, 100, 107–114, 117–121, 123–131, 135, 136, 140, 149, 164, 168

Bulgaria, 107, 110

bureaucracy, 45–47, 51, 52, 54–58, 62

Capital Markets Union, 140, 164, 165

Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms of the European Union, 6, 13, 14, 39, 150, 235–237, 244, 248, 250–255, 257–259, 267, 271, 272, 274–282, 285, 286

checks and balances, 90, 160, 260, 268

Common goods, 6, 12, 14, 32, 34, 38–40, 75, 78, 219, 221, 222, 224, 227, 229, 230, 232, 233, 235, 238–240, 250, 298

competence control, 110, 129, 144, 200, 202, 205, 207, 211, 212, 214, 274, 280

conditionality, 70, 71, 230, 233, 235–237, 240–249, 251, 254, 259–261, 263, 265, 267–271, 274, 276, 277, 282–284, 286

conflicts, 4, 11, 12, 217–224, 227, 228, 230, 232–234, 236–239, 241, 249, 250, 255, 261–264

constitutional

accountability, 217, 221, 222, 224–226, 238, 239

conflict, 199–203, 209, 211, 213–216, 232, 241, 261, 264, 265

courts, 7, 11, 82, 87, 97, 199–216, 223, 224, 228, 231–233, 239–241, 244, 249, 252, 256, 258–261, 264–266, 270, 289, 291, 294, 298–306

framework, 12, 20, 22, 23, 126, 128, 200, 201, 210, 222–224, 234, 241, 242, 246, 247, 265, 274, 292, 296, 308, 309, 312, 313

identity, 202–204, 212, 213, 215, 216, 265, 306

pluralism, 200, 211, 213, 214, 239

values, 28, 29, 232, 237

constitutive powers, 14, 290, 291, 293–298, 304, 310, 311, 313

contestation, 1, 2, 3, 4, 179–181, 183, 194, 200, 296, 314

Council of the European Union, 82, 84–86, 91, 93, 97, 100, 104, 111–118, 124, 127, 131, 133–138, 140, 142–146, 150, 151, 153, 158, 243, 245–248, 263, 271, 274, 275, 277–282, 284, 286, 297, 299, 312

Country Specific Recommendations, 11, 38, 163, 168, 170, 173, 174, 177–183, 185, 189–191, 193, 195

Court of Justice of the European Union

accountability mechanism, 2, 11, 13, 15, 28, 38, 94, 96, 145, 202, 206, 208, 209, 234, 235, 240, 258, 262, 282, 283

competence control, 10, 82, 84, 211, 214

conflict(s), 12, 82, 199, 200, 202, 203, 206, 207, 212, 214, 230, 231, 264, 294, 304

procedural review, 93, 201, 203, 206, 208, 213, 215, 233, 235, 274, 278, 303

substantive review, 203, 207, 215, 238, 246, 248, 251, 253, 254, 257, 259, 263, 271–274, 276, 279, 283, 302

courts, 2, 6, 9, 11–15, 27, 36, 96, 239, 245–247, 249–253, 256–258, 262–264, 268, 270, 273, 283–287, 307, 310

COVID-19, 70, 79

crisis, 130, 137, 217, 288

creditors, 63, 72, 79, 80

Croatia, 107, 110

Cyprus, 163–167, 170, 171, 242, 248, 273, 274, 276, 277, 282

debtors, 63, 64, 66, 69, 78, 79, 227, 230, 240

deficit, 182–184, 191, 194

dehumanization, 52, 54–56

Democracy, 4, 7, 8, 9, 19, 21–23, 25, 26, 28–30, 34, 44, 47, 57, 58, 60, 61, 64, 72, 73, 78, 80, 87, 89, 90, 109, 113, 114, 228–231, 238, 239, 265, 268, 269, 288, 292, 296, 299, 300, 309, 311, 313–315

democratic legitimacy, 71, 72, 76, 78, 87, 88, 91, 97, 149

differentiated integration

differentiation, 128

discretion, 84, 100, 130, 146, 225, 226, 235, 290, 293, 295, 300–303, 309, 312, 313

discretionary powers, 81, 82, 84, 85, 87, 97, 100–102

draft budgetary plans, 158

economic

Governance Support Unit, 139, 141

hearings, 113, 116

policy, 157, 202, 203, 205, 206, 272, 281

Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN), 20, 155, 157–159, 164, 170

Economic and Financial Committee, 134, 151

Economic and Monetary Union

accountability, 1, 2, 19, 115

executive actors, 156, 162, 182, 217, 231, 289–293, 295, 296, 304, 306, 309, 310, 313–315

history, 1, 2, 115, 155

Economic Dialogues, 2, 10, 11, 15, 133, 138–141, 154–159, 161, 163–166, 170, 172, 175, 176

with the ECOFIN, 97, 155

Economic Policy Committee, 151

equality, 1, 4, 12, 174, 225–227, 232, 233, 240, 241, 252, 256, 260, 261

EU economic governance, 1, 108, 137–139, 148, 153, 177–179, 220

Euro, 221

area, 9, 12, 72, 107, 108, 110, 112–115, 127–130, 132–138, 140–143, 151, 154–158, 163, 167–169, 175, 177, 241, 242, 248, 251, 262, 263, 266, 274, 275, 282–284

crisis, 2, 8, 12, 13, 19, 20, 25, 28, 78, 118, 138, 154, 155, 217, 218, 220, 222, 224, 225, 228, 229, 232, 234–236, 240, 241, 245, 250, 253, 254, 256, 258, 260, 261, 263–265, 267, 268, 270, 272, 282, 283, 286, 288

Summit, 166

Eurogroup, 1, 3, 6, 9, 10, 15, 16, 20, 112–116, 122, 123, 127, 131–146, 149–152, 154–159, 162–175, 244, 268, 272–275

President(s), 10, 133, 134, 139–142, 149–151, 154–156, 159, 163, 164, 167, 170–176

Working Group, 10, 134, 150–152

European Anti-Fraud Office, 22

European Banking Authority, 3, 9, 82, 83, 85, 86, 103, 110, 117–121, 124, 125, 128, 131

European Central Bank

confidentiality, 113

Governing Council, 110, 111

interinstitutional agreement, 110, 112, 116

monetary dialogue(s), 142

monetary policy, 109

quantitative easing, 11, 14, 15, 38, 40, 63, 81, 200, 203, 204, 206–210, 212, 215, 216, 230–232, 288, 291, 292, 294, 296–298, 300, 302, 304–306, 311, 312

Supervisory Board, 110–113, 119, 120, 122–124

European Commission, 2, 9, 20, 26, 36, 42, 70, 82, 83, 85–87, 100–104, 110, 112–114, 116–120, 124, 128, 133–136, 138, 142, 143, 145, 146, 148, 149, 151, 152, 182, 184, 186, 188, 190, 191, 193, 195, 243, 244, 249, 259, 271, 272, 274–277, 281, 285

directorates-general, 124

European Committee of Social Rights, 285, 286

European Council, 20, 26, 312

President, 138

European Court of Auditors, 9, 22, 37, 83, 101–104, 116, 123, 252–254

European Deposit Insurance Scheme (EDIS), 168

European Economic and Monetary Union, 7, 8

European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism, 242–245, 247, 248, 257

European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), 242–244, 267, 272, 276

European Monetary Fund (EMF), 164

European Ombudsman, 10, 22, 150, 151, 313

European Parliament

accountability forum, 22, 156, 157, 165

Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, 10, 110, 112–115, 117, 121, 122, 125, 127, 129, 130, 138, 139, 141, 142, 155, 163, 164, 166–168, 170, 172, 173

group of the European People’s Party (EPP), 164, 170

group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament (S&D), 164, 167–169

Member(s) of the European Parliament (MEP/MEPs), 9, 10, 15, 16, 35, 42, 43, 112, 113, 115, 118, 121–126, 128, 130, 131, 140, 141, 153, 156, 158, 162–168, 170, 171, 173–176

role in the EMU, 113, 126, 155

Rules of Procedure, 164

European Semester, 5, 11, 20, 25, 26, 38, 39, 69, 70, 77, 138, 139, 158, 159, 164, 168, 170, 173, 177–180, 185

excessive deficit procedure (EDP), 42, 158, 159

Macroeconomic Imbalances Procedure (MIP), 42, 139, 158, 159

European Stability Mechanism, 10, 20, 21, 27, 28, 63, 64, 66, 69–72, 78, 86, 98, 99, 133, 143, 145, 146, 149, 228, 229, 234, 236, 237, 242, 247, 248, 265, 267, 272–274, 276

bailout, 27, 29, 36, 243, 244, 246–251, 256, 260, 261, 263

financial assistance, 20, 22, 29, 36, 138, 154, 155, 157, 159, 163–165, 169, 170, 173, 240–243, 245–251, 253–255, 257, 258, 261–263, 265, 267–272, 274–277, 279, 283–286

executive power, 25, 27, 268, 292, 299

financial assistance, 1, 2, 12–14, 63, 68, 70, 73, 155, 241, 242

programmes, 20, 154, 157, 159, 164, 240, 243–245, 251, 258

financial stability, 72, 86, 95, 261, 263, 266

Fiscal Compact. See Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance

fiscal council, 169, 174, 181, 182, 190, 191

France, 42, 164, 170, 178, 186

Germany, 11, 12, 14, 42, 99, 100, 173, 178, 186, 224, 228–233, 235, 264, 265, 289, 294, 299, 300, 302, 304–306, 308

government, 4, 99, 219, 234, 268, 283, 289, 290, 292, 297, 305

accountability, 67

Greece, 36, 163–165, 168, 169, 242, 243, 245, 268, 269, 273, 277, 279–282, 285, 286

Human Rights, 6, 13, 14, 30, 31, 36, 39, 240, 241, 244, 246, 254, 258, 259, 262, 265–268, 270–272, 274–276, 278–280, 282–287, 298, 301

human rights impact assessments, 227

impersonal, 48, 50, 62

independent institutions, 3, 6, 20, 83, 87–91, 95, 96, 128, 231, 252–257, 263, 291, 292, 295, 299, 300

International Monetary Fund, 3, 159, 167, 243–245, 267–269, 273, 276, 281

interparliamentary cooperation, 99, 131, 139

intra-executive accountability, 9, 82, 83, 101, 103, 104

Ireland, 242–244

Italy, 178

Jean-Claude Juncker, 36, 163, 173

Jeroen Dijsselbloem, 150, 159, 163, 167–174

judicial

interactions, 199, 202, 232, 245, 251

review, 2, 5, 6, 7, 10, 14, 25, 27, 32, 36, 38, 39, 44, 76, 83, 84, 91, 94–97, 103, 144, 145, 201, 203, 206, 209–211, 215, 221, 236, 238, 240, 241, 245, 251, 264–266, 270, 279, 290, 291, 294, 295, 298–302, 304, 305, 308, 309, 310, 312, 314, 315

review (degree of), 8, 11, 14, 89, 203, 262–265, 294, 303, 307, 314

Ledra Advertising, 273, 276, 282

legal, 4, 8, 12, 14, 32

accountability, 6, 7, 9–14, 23, 127, 130, 154, 158, 238, 240, 241, 248, 263, 265, 277, 290

duty to give reasons, 14, 27, 36, 288, 290, 291, 306–315

mandate, 11, 15, 22, 37, 72, 135, 163, 175, 202, 203, 206, 237, 245, 259, 264, 267, 270–272, 274, 280, 288, 290, 292, 293, 299, 307

norm, 28, 293–296, 299, 301

legislative

responsive/responsiveness, 239

scenarios of oversight, 20

legitimacy, 7, 8, 12, 26, 40, 83, 84, 87, 89, 217, 218, 231, 235, 238, 268, 288

democracy/democratic, 219, 269, 284, 286

Euro crisis, 267

technocratic, 83, 87, 238

Lisbon Treaty, 154, 241

Luxembourg, 170

macroeconomic adjustment programme, 64, 145, 159, 235, 243, 267–269

Mário Centeno, 151, 163, 167, 174

market

mechanisms, 64

Medium-Term Financial Assistance (MTFA) Facility, 270–272

Member of the European Parliament, 9

Astrid Lulling, 170, 173, 174

Burkhard Balz, 164

Elisa Ferreira, 164, 168

Jean-Paul Gauzès, 164

Jonás Fernández, 169, 174

Paul Tang, 167, 172

Pervenche Bères, 164

Sven Giegold, 167

Memorandum of Understanding, 13, 64, 86, 145, 146, 151, 237, 241, 243–246, 248–251, 255, 257, 259–261, 263, 269, 271, 272, 276

monetary policy, 64, 72, 81, 84, 92, 93, 98, 99, 104, 113–115, 119, 121, 126, 127, 130, 141, 142, 201–203, 206, 207, 209, 219, 220, 231, 232, 234, 235, 288–292, 295–306, 311–315

multilevel governance, 111

mutual respect, 201, 210, 213, 214, 216

national, 2, 4, 9, 11, 13, 15

budgetary autonomy, 20, 42, 228, 232, 246, 262

Competent Authorities, 85, 86, 95, 101, 103, 108, 117, 121, 126, 131, 181–183, 247

parliament(s), 3, 5, 8, 9, 11, 20, 22, 25, 26, 28, 29, 87, 99, 108, 126, 139, 173, 177–181, 220, 228–233, 235, 263, 268, 269, 283, 286, 299, 305, 311

no-bailout clause, 234

non-arbitrariness, 46, 66, 73, 74, 76, 77, 79

non-contractual liability, 143–146, 158, 237, 274, 280–282

openness, 109

Outright Monetary Transactions, 27, 38, 202, 206, 215, 216, 230, 231, 235, 312

parliamentary

accountability, 7, 9, 35, 67, 83, 92, 99, 103, 104, 120, 121, 123, 177–179, 189, 226, 228, 232

oversight, 25, 26, 74, 157, 159–161

scrutiny, 11, 25, 32, 178, 268, 283, 314

parliamentary questions, 35, 112, 140, 155, 164, 178, 181–188

addressee, 189

background, 160, 181

follow up, 183

profile of questioners, 181–186, 189

stronger, 189

parliamentary questions (types of answers), 183, 186, 188

equivocation / evasion, 10, 183, 184, 189

explicit, 182–184, 187–189

intermediate, 182–186

non-replies, 186, 189

Paschal Donohoe, 134, 142

Poland, 11, 178, 180–188, 191, 194, 195

Portugal, 12, 13, 164, 168, 173, 174, 224–228, 230, 232, 233, 236, 240–266

preliminary reference, 203, 212, 213, 216, 236, 246–248, 250, 252

price

stability, 4, 27, 29, 38, 206, 207, 213, 229, 230, 289, 293, 294, 296, 299, 301, 311

principle of proportionality, 14, 202–210, 212–214, 216, 226, 227, 231–233, 235, 240, 256, 260–263, 270, 283, 290, 294, 300–303, 305, 306, 310

principal–agent, 47–49, 52–58

procedural

accountability. See accountability

review, 94

prohibition of monetary financing, 202–204

Protocol (No 14) on the Euro Group, 133, 143, 274

publicness, 57, 66, 73, 75–77, 79, 222

Recovery and Resilience Facility, 70, 71, 73, 138

Regulation 472/2013, 269, 276, 284

Regulation 1049/2001, 150

Romania, 236, 237, 271

sanctions, 70

Sejm, 180, 182, 184–188, 193, 194

Committee on Economy and Development, 180

Committees on the EU Affairs, 180

Public Finance Committee, 180, 182, 184–188

separation of powers, 2, 87, 89, 90, 96, 99, 100, 238, 239

Sharon Bowles, 163, 166, 170, 174

sincere cooperation, 90, 201, 210, 213, 214, 216

Single Resolution Board, 9, 85, 108, 110, 112, 115–126, 128, 293, 302

Single Resolution Mechanism, 85, 95, 108, 110, 114–116, 123, 124, 129

Single Supervisory Mechanism, 9, 37, 81–86, 88, 91–98, 100–104, 108, 110–126, 128, 129, 136

Slovenia, 258

social

partners, 268, 269, 284

rights, 3, 36, 227, 237, 241, 262, 263, 266

security, 267, 270, 279–281, 285

solidarity, 1, 4, 12, 217, 218, 220, 221, 224, 228–230, 232, 233, 237, 239, 241, 249, 250, 263

Spain, 169, 170, 173, 178

Stability and Growth Pact, 42, 154, 158, 164, 170, 172

structural reforms, 70, 182, 243

substantive accountability. See also accountability

supervisory

Board, 91, 97–99, 101, 136

decisions, 84, 110, 111

the Netherlands, 167, 173

transnational, 12, 217, 218, 220, 221, 224, 227, 228, 230–234, 239

transparency, 6, 7, 10, 26, 34, 35, 41, 53, 57, 70, 73, 89, 92, 98, 102, 138, 141, 142, 147–155, 158–160, 166, 167, 171, 175, 233, 237, 268, 269, 275

Treaty on European Union, 4, 89–91, 100, 103, 113, 119, 199–201, 205, 206, 210, 215, 252–254, 257, 263, 274–276, 278, 279, 294, 311, 312

Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance, 135

Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, 4, 26–28, 37, 84, 93–95, 98, 101, 102, 104, 110, 112, 119, 133, 143–145, 150, 206, 207, 210, 230, 234, 236, 237, 241, 242, 245, 247–249, 271–275, 277–282

Troika, 86, 159, 168, 244, 268, 269, 273, 275, 276

ultra vires, 27, 82, 200, 202, 203, 210–212, 214, 215, 230, 231, 264, 265, 299

Weiss

duty to give reasons, 208, 306, 307, 312

monetary policy, 206, 215, 298

proportionality, 204, 207, 208, 214, 235, 294, 303

quantitative easing, 39, 296–298, 305, 312

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