THE PRINCIPLE OF SUBSIDIARITY – THE LEGAL BASIS FOR THE PARTICIPATION OF NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS AT THE EUROPEAN UNION’S LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY

Abstract

The communication aims to emphasize the context in which the principle of subsidiarity was adopted, clarifying the dilemma about its purpose: is it a legal instrument to protect national sovereignty of the European Union’s Member States or is it a legal instrument which accelerates their federal integration. The document also approaches the problem of the Romanian Parliament in adapting procedures to the Lisbon Treaty, Protocol no. 2 on applying principles of subsidiarity and proportionality. In the described context it shall be discussed the controversial subject regarding the sovereignty transfer whenever the national parliament performs a subsidiarity check on, an EU draft legislative act.

Keywords

• subsidiarity
• Lisbon Treaty
• Protocol no. 2
• national level
• the European Union’s Member States