Towards a new democratic interface: Unravelling parliamentarian
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Towards a new democratic interface: Unravelling parliamentarian stances on citizen participation in EU policy-making

KOTÝNEK KROTKÝ, Jan

Základní údaje

Originální název

Towards a new democratic interface: Unravelling parliamentarian stances on citizen participation in EU policy-making

Autoři

KOTÝNEK KROTKÝ, Jan

Vydání

UACES 55th Annual Conference 2025, 2025

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Prezentace na konferencích

Obor

50601 Political science

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

Klíčová slova anglicky

participatory demoracy; parliamentarians; representative democracy; (de)politicization; European union

Změněno: 19. 9. 2025 10:46, Mgr. et Mgr. Jan Kotýnek Krotký, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

The European Commission, during its last term (2019-2024), pursued a "citizen turn" aimed at bringing EU institutions closer to the citizens via democratic innovations. This shift represents the EU's response to the gap between the institutions and European citizens. The "citizen turn" is evident in initiatives such as the European Citizen Panels and the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE). However, research suggests that these initiatives often legitimise pre-existing policy tools, sidelining traditional political intermediaries like political parties and civic organisations (Oleart 2023), thereby bypassing representative democracy. The European Parliament (EP), as the primary transnational representative institution, appears to be embracing the "citizen turn." This is reflected in its September 2023 resolution (2023/2017(INI)), which advocates for the institutionalisation of "representative deliberative participation processes." The resolution proposes the establishment of a structured participation mechanism, termed the European Agora, to be conducted annually. Key questions remain about how the EP and its political groups have approached participatory innovations through both legislative and non-legislative documents since 2019, following the introduction of the CoFoE. Additionally, how the internal power struggles between and within political groups influence the EP's stance on participatory innovations in the EU is still unclear. These research questions will be examined through qualitative content analysis (QCA) (Schreier 2014) of legislative documents (resolutions) and non-legislative texts (press releases, speeches) from the EP and its political groups. Furthermore, roll-call vote analysis and intra-group cohesion (using the Hix agreement measure) will help identify the role of ideological factors such as Euroscepticism and general left-right positioning. Addressing these questions will provide deeper insight into the EP’s and its political groups' positions on enhancing citizen engagement in EU decision-making. These insights will help determine whether the EP seeks to enhance citizen engagement by bypassing the representative body or aims to integrate democratic innovations with Members of the European Parliament.

Návaznosti

GN25-15708I, projekt VaV

Název: Od depolitizace k posilujícímu nesouhlasu: potenciál participativních inovací umožňující inkluzivní politizaci Evropské unie

Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Od depolitizace k posilujícímu nesouhlasu: potenciál participativních inovací umožňující inkluzivní politizaci Evropské unie, Incoming

Citovat

KOTÝNEK KROTKÝ, Jan. Towards a new democratic interface: Unravelling parliamentarian stances on citizen participation in EU policy-making. In UACES 55th Annual Conference 2025. 2025.

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KOTÝNEK KROTKÝ, Jan. Towards a new democratic interface: Unravelling parliamentarian stances on citizen participation in EU policy-making. In \textit{UACES 55th Annual Conference 2025}. 2025.

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