European Union and European Politics

Thomas Winzen
Aug 12, 2024
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Thomas Winzen
Thomas Winzen
Political Scientist

Political scientist interested in political institutions and democratic governance in Europe and beyond

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Strengthening mainstream consensus? The effect of radical right parties on the defense policies of left parties
We study how the electoral success of radical right populist parties (RRPPs) affects mainstream parties’ defense policy positions. The …
Miku Matsunaga, Thomas Winzen
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How backsliding governments keep the European Union hospitable for autocracy: Evidence from intergovernmental negotiations
The European Union (EU) is a democratic organization but faces severe cases of democratic backsliding. The literature deems the EU a …
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National Differentiation Experience and Citizen Support for Differentiated Integration
This article examines the determinants of public opinion on differentiated integration (DI) in the European Union (EU). Specifically, …
Thomas Winzen, Frank Schimmelfennig
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Cascading opt-outs? The effect of the Euro and migration crises on differentiated integration in the European Union
Frank Schimmelfennig, Thomas Winzen
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Does differentiated integration weaken parliamentary involvement? Evidence from the European Union’s interparliamentary conferences
Does differentiated integration undermine the motivation of parliamentarians from less integrated member states to become involved in …
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Democratic Backsliding and Decision-Making in the European Union: Eurosceptic Contestation?
Do governments engaged in democratic backsliding adopt Eurosceptic positions in decision-making in the European Union (EU)? This study …
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The Institutional Position of National Parliaments in the European Union: Developments, Explanations, Effects
This article reviews the literature on the institutional position of national parliaments in the EU. It focuses on new institutional …
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The European Semester and Parliamentary Oversight Institutions Inside and Outside of the Euro Area
The European Semester is a challenge for national parliaments but also an opportunity to reform domestic oversight institutions. …
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Ever Looser Union? Differentiated European Integration
Differentiated integration has become a durable feature of the European Union and is a major alternative for its future development and …
Frank Schimmelfennig, Thomas Winzen
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Ever Looser Union? Differentiated European Integration
Government Euroscepticism and differentiated integration
It is common to consider mass politics and Eurosceptic politicization as ‘post-functionalist’ constraints that encourage differentiated …
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Grand theories, differentiated integration
Even though differentiation has become a core feature of the EU, the grand theories have focused almost exclusively on uniform …
Frank Schimmelfennig, Thomas Winzen
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Is parliamentary attention to the EU strongest when it is needed the most? National parliaments and the selective debate of EU policies
When do parliaments debate European Union policies? Normative arguments suggest that debates enhance government accountability. Others …
Thomas Winzen, Rik de Ruiter, Jofre Rocabert
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Opting out from European Union legislation: the differentiation of secondary law
Differentiated integration in the European Union (EU) has been primarily discussed and analysed at the treaty level, whereas lack of …
Thomas Duttle, Katharina Holzinger, Thomas Malang, Thomas Schäubli, Frank Schimmelfennig, Thomas Winzen
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Eastern enlargement and differentiated integration: towards normalization
Against the background of theoretical arguments and the historical record, enlargements of the European Union tend to increase …
Frank Schimmelfennig, Thomas Winzen
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Constitutional preferences and parliamentary reform: Explaining national parliaments’ adaptation to European integration
This book provides a comprehensive account of national parliaments' adaptation to European integration. Advancing an explanation based …
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Constitutional preferences and parliamentary reform: Explaining national parliaments’ adaptation to European integration
Explaining differentiation in European Union treaties
Since the early 1990s, European integration has become increasingly differentiated. Analysing the conditions under which member states …
Thomas Winzen, Frank Schimmelfennig
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The contingent diffusion of parliamentary oversight institutions in the European Union
What explains the variation in institutional adaptation of national parliaments to European integration? Whereas the existing …
Nils-Christian Bormann, Thomas Winzen
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From capacity to sovereignty: Legislative politics and differentiated integration in the European Union
The literature suggests that legislative politics among European Union Member States is characterised by economic exchanges, and …
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Party groups and committee negotiations in the European Parliament: outside attention and the anticipation of plenary conflict
We study the relationship of the European Parliament's (EP) standing committees and party groups. According to recent studies, …
Léa Roger, Thomas Winzen
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Parlamentarismus nach der Krise: Die Vertiefung parlamentarischer Asymmetrie in der reformierten Wirtschafts- und Währungsunion
As a consequence of the euro crisis, economic and fiscal policy-making competencies have been transferred to the EU-level. At the same …
Berthold Rittberger, Thomas Winzen
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Parliamentary Co-Evolution: National Parliamentary Reactions to the Empowerment of the European Parliament
Existing research on the European Union's (EU) multilevel parliamentary system builds on the hypothesis of parallel evolution, …
Thomas Winzen, Christilla Roederer-Rynning, Frank Schimmelfennig
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The European Union's Multilevel Parliamentary System
Berthold Rittberger, Thomas Winzen
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Instrumental and Constitutional Differentiation in the European Union
Differentiation has become a salient feature of European integration. Yet systematic empirical evidence is lacking about its origins, …
Frank Schimmelfennig, Thomas Winzen
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Bureaucracy and Democracy: Intra-Parliamentary Delegation in European Union Affairs
Recent literature notes that national parliaments’ growing relevance in European Union (EU) affairs might have led to the empowerment …
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European integration and national parliamentary oversight institutions
This article analyses to what extent and why national parliaments have created oversight institutions to adapt to European integration. …
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National parliamentary control of European Union affairs: a cross-national and longitudinal comparison
Recent research on national parliamentary control of European Union affairs relies primarily on cross-sectional, contemporary data, …
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Legislative negotiations in the European Parliament
In order to capitalize on its increasing legislative powers, the European Parliament (EP) has had to specialize internally. The …
Thomas Jensen, Thomas Winzen
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Technical or Political? An Exploration of the Work of Officials in the Committees of the European Parliament
In conjunction with the gradual empowerment of the European Parliament, interest in its internal politics and in particular its …
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Political Integration and National Parliaments in Europe
Does political integration challenge democracy by undermining the impact of national parliaments and parliamentary elections on policy …
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