Diane Fromage is Assistant Professor of European Law at Maastricht University, the Netherlands. Her research focuses on parliaments in the European Union and on the European Banking Union. She is also interested in Independent Fiscal Institutions.Ton van den Brink is Associate Professor of European Law at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. His research interests lie in the field of European constitutional law, the national dimension of European integration, and the legal aspects of EU economic governance.

• 1. Democratic legitimation of EU economic governance: challenges and opportunities for European Legislatures 2. European economic governance: deficient in democratic legitimacy? 3.Towards a strengthened coordination between the EU and national budgets. A complementary role and a joint control for parliaments? 4. The European Parliament in the post-crisis era: an institution empowered on paper only? 5. The ‘Banking Dialogue’ as a model to improve parliamentary involvement in the Monetary Dialogue? 6. National parliaments and EU economic performance policies. Impact defines involvement? 7. Scrutinising the European Semester in national parliaments: what are the drivers of parliamentary involvement? 8. Accountability challenges in EU economic governance? Parliamentary scrutiny of the European Semester 9. The conference on stability, economic coordination and governance: filling the gaps of parliamentary oversight in the EU

Diane Fromage is Assistant Professor of European Law at Maastricht University, the Netherlands. Her research focuses on parliaments in the European Union and on the European Banking Union. She is also interested in Independent Fiscal Institutions.Ton van den Brink is Associate Professor of European Law at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. His research interests lie in the field of European constitutional law, the national dimension of European integration, and the legal aspects of EU economic governance.

• 1. Democratic legitimation of EU economic governance: challenges and opportunities for European Legislatures 2. European economic governance: deficient in democratic legitimacy? 3.Towards a strengthened coordination between the EU and national budgets. A complementary role and a joint control for parliaments? 4. The European Parliament in the post-crisis era: an institution empowered on paper only? 5. The ‘Banking Dialogue’ as a model to improve parliamentary involvement in the Monetary Dialogue? 6. National parliaments and EU economic performance policies. Impact defines involvement? 7. Scrutinising the European Semester in national parliaments: what are the drivers of parliamentary involvement? 8. Accountability challenges in EU economic governance? Parliamentary scrutiny of the European Semester 9. The conference on stability, economic coordination and governance: filling the gaps of parliamentary oversight in the EU

Diane Fromage is Assistant Professor of European Law at Maastricht University, the Netherlands. Her research focuses on parliaments in the European Union and on the European Banking Union. She is also interested in Independent Fiscal Institutions.Ton van den Brink is Associate Professor of European Law at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. His research interests lie in the field of European constitutional law, the national dimension of European integration, and the legal aspects of EU economic governance.

• 1. Democratic legitimation of EU economic governance: challenges and opportunities for European Legislatures 2. European economic governance: deficient in democratic legitimacy? 3.Towards a strengthened coordination between the EU and national budgets. A complementary role and a joint control for parliaments? 4. The European Parliament in the post-crisis era: an institution empowered on paper only? 5. The ‘Banking Dialogue’ as a model to improve parliamentary involvement in the Monetary Dialogue? 6. National parliaments and EU economic performance policies. Impact defines involvement? 7. Scrutinising the European Semester in national parliaments: what are the drivers of parliamentary involvement? 8. Accountability challenges in EU economic governance? Parliamentary scrutiny of the European Semester 9. The conference on stability, economic coordination and governance: filling the gaps of parliamentary oversight in the EU