Opposition in the Multi-Level Polity: Prospects and Implications
This final chapter summarizes our findings, draws some conclusions, points out practical implications and addresses avenues for future research. We reflect on our concept of opposition and reconsider the external validity of our findings in the light of t
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Opposition in the EU Multi-Level Polity
Stefan Thierse · Sanja Badanjak
Opposition in the EU Multi-Level Polity Legal Mobilization against the Data Retention Directive
Stefan Thierse Institute of European Studies University of Bremen Bremen, Germany
Sanja Badanjak Edinburgh Law School University of Edinburgh Edinburgh, UK
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Preface
This book originated as a conference paper that we first prepared for the 3rd Annual General Conference of the European Political Science Association (EPSA) in Barcelona in 2013. At the time, we were both Ph.D. candidates. Stefan was working on a dissertation that sought to grasp opposition in the European Parliament, a legislature that lacks a clear government-opposition divide. The Data Retention Directive (DRD) had already inspired a case study on contestation in legislative decision-making in his Master thesis. Sanja’s dissertation dealt with the Europeanization of party systems. Our shared interest in understanding opposition at the EU level motivated us to write a paper on the numerous legal and constitutional challenges against the DRD. We found this a striking example of mobilization against an EU legislative act that spurred constitutional challenges and contributed to the formation of data privacy movements and new parties in numerous countries across the continent. Subsequent versions of the paper were presented at the 2015 trian
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