Dos años de funcionamiento del Parlamento del MERCOSUR: una evaluación preliminar
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2009-10-01
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Centro de Estudios en Relaciones Internacionales de Rosario (CERIR)
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El Parlamento del MERCOSUR es el órgano parlamentario
del bloque, cuyos miembros serán elegidos a través de
elecciones directas a partir de 2011. A más de dos años de su
entrada en funcionamiento, nos proponemos examinar el
desempeño del Parlamento del MERCOSUR según las
funciones tradicionales de los parlamentos (representativa,
de legitimación, legislativa y de control), para luego estudiar
la labor del mismo hasta la actualidad, considerando los
principales actos jurídicos aprobados. Además, establecemos
ciertas precisiones acerca de las elecciones directas y la
cuestión de la composición definitiva del parlamento según
un “criterio de representación ciudadana”. Incluimos,
además, algunas consideraciones acerca de los efectos que la
instalación de un Parlamento elegido por sufragio universal
puede ejercer en la cuestión del “déficit democrático” del
bloque.
The MERCOSUR Parliament has been established as the parliamentary body of the regional bloc. Their members will be directly elected after 2011. Two years after the Parliament has begun its work, we scrutinize its performance as a parliament with representation, legitimation, control and legislative powers. We analyse the parliamentary labour through the study of the acts adopted so far. This paper also examines the prospects of direct elections and the definite composition of the Parliament according to a principle of “citizen representation”. Finally, we move beyond the specification of formal dimensions of the MERCOSUR Parliament to highlight the role of a directly elected legislature in relation to the question of the democratic deficit of the bloc.
The MERCOSUR Parliament has been established as the parliamentary body of the regional bloc. Their members will be directly elected after 2011. Two years after the Parliament has begun its work, we scrutinize its performance as a parliament with representation, legitimation, control and legislative powers. We analyse the parliamentary labour through the study of the acts adopted so far. This paper also examines the prospects of direct elections and the definite composition of the Parliament according to a principle of “citizen representation”. Finally, we move beyond the specification of formal dimensions of the MERCOSUR Parliament to highlight the role of a directly elected legislature in relation to the question of the democratic deficit of the bloc.
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MERCOSUR, Parlamento del MERCOSUR, Funciones parlamentarias, Elecciones directas, Representación, Legitimación, Déficit democrático