The European Parliament in the Contested Union provides a systematic assessment of the real influence of the European Parliament (EP) in policy-making.

Edoardo Bressanelli is 'Montalcini' Assistant Professor at the Sant'Anna School in Pisa, Italy. He has published widely on the European Parliament, EU law-making, political parties and Brexit. His articles have appeared in Comparative Political Studies, the European Journal of Political Research, European Union Politics and the Journal of European Public Policy, among others.

Nicola Chelotti is Lecturer in Diplomacy and International Governance at Loughborough University, UK (London campus). His research primarily concerns EU negotiations and policy processes while also covering the field of EU external relations. His work has appeared in journals such as British Journal of Politics and International Relations, Cooperation and Conflict and West European Politics, among others.

Introduction Edoardo Bressanelli and Nicola Chelotti 1. Driving informal institutional change: the European Parliament and the reform of the Economic and Monetary Union Magnus G. Schoeller and Adrienne Héritier 2. Failing under the 'shadow of hierarchy': explaining the role of the European Parliament in the EU's 'asylum crisis' Ariadna Ripoll Servent 3. In the eye of the storm? The European Parliament, the environment and the EU's crises Charlotte Burns 4. The European Parliament as a budgetary extractor since the Lisbon Treaty Giacomo Benedetto 5. Negotiating Brexit: the European Parliament between participation and influence Edoardo Bressanelli, Nicola Chelotti and Wilhelm Lehmann 6. The European Parliament and development cooperation: democratic participation in the 'low politics' of EU external relations Paul James Cardwell and Davor Jancic 7. European Parliament resolutions-effective agenda setting or whistling into the wind? Amie Kreppel and Michael Webb 8. The European Parliament in turbulent political times: concluding reflections Brigid Laffan 9. Between power and influence: the European parliament in a dual constitutional regime Sergio Fabbrini