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2016 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel
Introduction
verfasst von : Anna-Lena Högenauer, Christine Neuhold, Thomas Christiansen
Erschienen in: Parliamentary Administrations in the European Union
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
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Parliaments are an essential — indeed, a defining — element of democracy in Europe. In the political systems of most European states, democracy is, on the whole, understood as parliamentary democracy: legislatures elect executives and hold these to account, adopt legislation and approve budgets. Each national system operates differently; a number of semi-presidential systems provide exceptions, but, generally, the functioning of liberal democracy in Europe is based on the central role occupied by parliaments in most countries.