后《里斯本条约》时期的欧盟问责制

Accountability in the post-Lisbon European Union

本文总结了后《里斯本条约》时期(以下简称'后里斯本时期')的最新条约对欧盟问责制'工具箱'的补充。研究表明,旧的决策工具比新工具更具责任性,在一些领域里,决策机制正朝着去责任化的方向发展。这篇介绍性的文章回顾了欧盟问责制度的演进,介绍了将影响欧盟问责制的'后里斯本时期'的关键要素,这些被其他文献忽视的要素包括:授权法案、经济治理和监管评估。本文详细讨论了上述要素,并强调了问责制得到加强的程度。最后,文章阐述了如何将这些条约应用于当前欧盟问责制的大背景中,并对这种局面如何发展进行了探讨。

This special issue takes stock of recent post-Lisbon additions to the European Union’s accountability toolkit.It provides indications that older decision-making tools tend to be more accountable than newer ones,and that,in some areas,decision-making is shifting towards less accountable arenas.This introductory article reviews the debate on the gradual evolution of the European Union’s accountability system and introduces key aspects of the post-Lisbon era that can be expected to affect accountability in the European Union,and that have been overlooked by the literature thus far:delegated acts,economic governance and regulatory evaluations.The contributions to this special issue address each of these domains in detail and highlight the degree to which accountability has been enhanced.A final contribution shows how these arrangements fit into the wider landscape of already-existing European Union accountabilities and how this landscape has developed over time.