This book provides an up-to-date interdisciplinary assessment of the accountability of the executive power in different European States and at the European Union level. A valuable resource for researchers, academics and policy-makers in Constitutional Law, Public Law, Comparative Law, Comparative Politics, Legal History and Government.

Marcel Morabito is Professor Emeritus of Legal History at Sciences Po, Paris.

Guillaume Tusseau is Professor of Public Law at Sciences Po Law School, Paris, and a member of the Institut Universitaire de France.

Introduction (Marcel Morabito) 1. Belgium (Marc Verdussen) 2. France (Chloë Geynet-Dussauze and Priscilla Jensel-Monge) 3. Germany (Yoan Vilain) 4. Greece (Antonis Pantelis) 5. Hungary (Peter Kruzslicz) 6. Italy (Maurizia De Bellis) 7. The Netherlands (Leonard F.M. Besselink) 8. Poland (Krzysztof Wojtyczek) 9. Portugal (Rui Lanceiro) 10. Romania (Elena Simina Tanasescu) 11. Scandinavia (Eivind Smith) 12. Spain (María Ruiz Dorado) 13. Switzerland (Thierry Tanquerel) 14. The United Kingdom (Paul Daly) Conclusions: The Forms of Responsibility of the Executive (Ariane Vidal-Naquet) A Culture of Constitutional Cultures (Guillaume Tusseau)