Better law‐making and the interinstitutional (dis)agreements: Some comments

• Autores: María José Martínez Iglesias
• Localización: European Law Journal, ISSN-e 1468-0386, Vol. 26, Nº. 1-2, 2020, págs. 108-113
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This work argues that there is no univocal interpretation of what regulatory policy is and pursues. Taking the strategy of the European Commission as a starting point only, it addresses more specifically the Union legislature's perspective, which, in a democratic decision‐making process, cannot compromise its autonomy. In the unique constitutional universe of the European Union, the “Better Law‐Making” agenda pursues an important additional objective: facilitating the very process of adopting legislation by means of interinstitutional conflict prevention mechanisms and through a common approach to interpretation and implementation of primary law. That is the main purpose of the Interinstitutional Agreements on the quality of legislation, which place them in the position of a sort of soft constitutional law