ParlEE Plenary Speeches V4 contains the full-text speeches from eight legislative chambers for Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta and Poland covering 2009-2019, extending... Show moreParlEE Plenary Speeches V4 contains the full-text speeches from eight legislative chambers for Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta and Poland covering 2009-2019, extending the breadth of countries included in the ParlEE Plenary Speech dataset to a total of 28 parliaments. Like ParlEE Plenary Speeches V1, V2, and V3 this data set provides the plenary speeches split to the sentence-level annotated with date, speaker, party, EU vs. Domestic politics classification, and relevant policy area (using the Comparative Agendas Project coding scheme). (2024-02-12) Show less
When and how does public opinion affect the delegation choices of legislatorsin the EU? We argue the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers limitthe discretion of the Commission in... Show moreWhen and how does public opinion affect the delegation choices of legislatorsin the EU? We argue the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers limitthe discretion of the Commission in response to EU-wide scepticism andpoliticisation of EU policies. Public opposition to EU policies, theircontestation, and potential scrutiny motivate the EU legislators to minimisethe discrepancies between the adopted and implemented policies. They doso to avoid bearing the costs of disregarding public preferences over thelevel of EU integration. Our analysis of legislation adopted between 2009–2019 relying on a novel dataset on public policy preferences and agencydiscretion supports this expectation. The results offer evidence of previouslyunexplored responsiveness of the EU institutions emerging in the policyimplementation that might entail efficiency losses. Show less
