Regional Accountability and Executive Power in Europe

Introduction Marcel Morabito Part I: The responsibility of the national Executive power from the point of view of local territories Section 1: Theoretical Reflections Chapter 1: A European perspective Mercedes Bresso Chapter 2: The responsibility of the national executive power in Germany Claus Dieter Classen, Aurore Gaillet and Yoan Vilain Chapter 3: Is calling upon the courts a way to acknowledge the responsibility of the Executive? Virginie Donier Section 2: Regional Realities Chapter 4: The point of view of a State representative Laurent Carrié Chapter 5: The point of view of an elected official André Viola Conclusion: how do local actors participate in the strengthening or in the weakening of the holding to account of the Executive within modern democratic States? Stéphane Mouton Part II: National traditions and European culture Section 3: What impact do the traditions of the Member States have on the European practice of responsibility? Chapter 6: Are there common national traditions regarding the responsibility of the executive power? Luigi Lacchè Chapter 7: The accountability of the EU Commission as the EU’s Executive Paolo Ponzano Chapter 8: Political accountability and role splitting of the Executive in EU Member States Jacques Ziller Chapter 9: Political accountability within the European system Fabienne Peraldi-Leneuf Section 4: A common culture? National traditions, European challenges Questionnaire Julien Padovani and Emilien Quinart Chapter 10: Parliamentarianism and accountability of the executive power on a European scale: the experience of the European Parliament Juan Fernando López Aguilar Chapter 11: The scent of wild animals Sophie in’t Veld Conclusion: On political responsibility and political control in the European Union Jean-Paul Jacqué Part III: Diversity of legal approaches Section 5: Democratic perspectives Chapter 12: The European convergence of the strengthening of the executive power Hanan Qazbir Chapter 13: Responsibility, accountability and legitimacy of Executives: what role for the people? Audrey Bachert-Peretti Section 6: Disciplinary specificities Chapter 14: Administrative responsibility and responsibility of the Executive Hafida Belrhali Chapter 15: Understanding responsibility through the issues of the environment: towards a bilateral conception of responsibility? Malik Bozzo-Rey Chapter 16: A perspective on civil responsibility Jean-Baptiste Donnier Chapter 17: Responsibility of the Executive: cross-read approaches Amaia Errecart Chapter 18: The unique nature of political responsibility Cécile Guérin-Bargues Chapter19: Responsibility and sports: some remarks on a particular couple Clémentine Legendre Chapter 20: The difficulty of thinking about executive responsibility in a republic: a historical perspective François Quastana Chapter 21: Of sheep and straw men: the accountability of the Executive from the perspective of political science Olivier Rozenberg Conclusion: For a common concept of ‘responsibility’ from a multidisciplinary perspective Xavier Magnon Concluding Remarks: a kaleidoscopic approach to make (necessary) interdisciplinary communication possible Guillaume Tusseau