Chair:

• Zsolt Szabó: szabo.zsolt@kre.hu

SPEAKERS

Grzegorz	Pastuszko
Juan Camilo	Bayona De León
Oana	Saramet
Pedro	Murta

Parliaments are traditional and central institutions of constitutional democracies. However, they are now losing the central position of power they achieved in the 19th century. The growing competences of the State strengthen Executives, and representative institutions can hardly keep pace with this tendency. Populist movements, authoritarian tendencies, and polarisation further weaken legislatures, which sometimes even become targets of violent attacks. Parliaments’ capacities to fulfil their traditional roles are increasingly challenged.

The workshop aims to examine this shift, giving examples, comparing jurisdictions, and possibly finding best practices to strengthen legislatures, democratic norms, and parliamentary values. This can include presentations on MPs and parties, house rules, law-making or oversight functions, the internal organisation of parliaments, and the relationship between parliaments and governments. supervisión, la organización interna de los parlamentos y la relación entre los parlamentos y los gobiernos.ence in the face of abuse.the true specific weight of partisan organisations in our democracies? Can our political system be conceived without parties?