This book aims to improve the understanding of the set of mechanisms through which democratic control is exerted over EU external action and analyses the role of the Court of Justice in the democratisation of international relations through EU law.

Foreword by Ricardo da Silva Passos. The Democratic Legitimacy of EU International Relations: An Introduction. [Juan Santos Vara and Soledad R. Sánchez- Tabernero] PART I: The Role of the Court of Justice in the Interplay between Democracy and Institutional Balance 1. Institutional Balance and the EU Foreign Relations Power: Competing Sources of Legitimacy [Enzo Cannizzaro] 2. The CJEU and the External Powers of the Parliament: Self-Restraint or Activism? [Fabien Terpan] PART II: The Role of the European Parliament in the Conclusion of International Agreements in the Post-Lisbon Period 3. The European Parliament in the Conclusion of International Agreements Post-Lisbon: Entrenched between Values and Prerogatives [Juan Santos Vara] 4. A Tale of Two Principles: Exploring the Democracy-Consistency Nexus in Light of the Pirate-Transfer Saga [Soledad R. Sánchez- Tabernero] 5. The Democratic Puzzle of 'Living' Megaregional Agreements: TTIP and TPP [Davor Jancic] 6. The Role of the European Parliament in the Adoption of Non-Legally Binding Agreements with Third Countries [Paula García Andrade] PART III: Democratic Oversight by the European Parliament: beyond the Conclusion of International Agreements 7. Legal Aspects of Parliamentary Oversight in EU Foreign and Security Policy [Ramses A. Wessel] 8. Oversight Trumped by Secrets? How Access to Information and Leaks Affect European Parliamentary Oversight in Foreign Policy [Vigjilenca Abazi] 9. The Financial Dimension of Democratic Legitimacy in EU External Policies: Linking Audit and Political Accountability [Maria Luisa Sánchez Barrueco] PART IV: The Role of National Democracies in a Multilevel System: A Needed Extra Layer of Legitimacy? 10. Rebels with a Cause? National and Subnational Parliaments in EU External Action after Lisbon [Jan Wouters and Kolja Raube] 11. National Parliaments and Mixed Agreements: Exploring the Legal Bumps in a Rocky Relationship [Guillaume Van Der Loo]

Juan Santos Vara is Jean Monnet Chair in EU External Action, Professor of Public International Law and European Law, Director of the Master in European Studies and Coordinator of the European Joint Master's in Strategic Border Management at the University of Salamanca, Spain.

Soledad R. Sánchez-Tabernero is a Doctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Public International Law and International Relations of the University of Salamanca, Spain.