Lobbying - an Instrument of Participatory Democracy in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. a Case Study of the Infrigement Procedure

• Author: Adriana Liuba Ahciarliu Kyriakidis
• Position: National University of Political Studies and Public Administration Institutional
• Pages: 7-12

Law, Society & Organisations

Volume IV, Issue 6 (1 / 2019)

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Adriana Liuba AHCIARLIU KYRIAKIDIS

National University of Political Studies and Public Administration Institutional

LOBBYING – AN INSTRUMENT OF

PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY IN THE

TREATY ON THE FUNCTIONING OF THE

EUROPEAN UNION.

A CASE STUDY OF THE INFRIGEMENT

PROCEDURE

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eywords

Ex post judicial control;

Lobbying;

Infringement procedure;

European social model

Abstract

The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) provides the framework for the European

social model through gender equality, consumer protection, non-discrimination, environmental protection,

protection of services of general interest. It also provides instruments regarding the constitutionality of the

role of social interlocutors. The establishment of ex-post judicial control provides the framework for

infringement intervention. The technique of lobbying intervention is the subject of the case study, which is

based on a comparative method of legislation and practice at EU and Romanian levels and an empirical

analysis of lobbying in Romania from a legislative point of view.