Strength in numbers? An evaluation of the 2004-2009 European Parliament

May 15, 2009

Sara Hagemann

This Issue Paper by Sara Hagemann analyses the outgoing Parliament’s performance and assesses the impact the 2004 and 2007 EU enlargements have had on the way it operates.

Read the full paper here

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