Kenneth A. Loparo 
Institutional and Policy Change in the European Parliament 
Deciding on Freedom, Security and Justice

In an EU increasingly worried about the security of its citizens and its territory, how should the European Parliament make policy decisions in these areas? This study investigates how the empowerment of the European Parliament has led it to abandon its defence of civil liberties in order to become a full partner in inter-institutional negotiations

Table of Content

Introduction PART I 1. The European Parliament: From ‘talking-shop’ to Co-decider 2. Patterns of Behaviour: Consultation, Co-decision, and Consent 3. Why do Positions Shift? Models of Change Under Co-decision PART II 4. Deciding on Liberty and Security in the European Union 5. The Data Retention Directive: Success at any Price 6. The Returns Directive: Normalising Change 7. The SWIFT Agreement: Retaliation or Capitulation? 8. The Receptions Directive: Internalising Change 9. Conclusions: Conditions and Drivers for Policy Change

About the author

Ariadna Ripoll Servent is Junior Professor of Political Science at the University of Bamberg. Her research interests include European institutions, decision-making, institutional and policy change as well as internal security policies. She has previously worked at the Institute for European Integration Research in Vienna, the University of Sussex and the College of Europe.