ABSTRACT
The role of national legislatures in European integration has received much-
needed attention, both among scholars and politicians, in recent years.
However, despite the proliferation of academic publications on the topic, we
still lack an adequate explanatory framework for understanding why certain
national parliaments invest more resources in holding their governments
accountable in matters relating to the European Union. Hence, the question
asked in this article is what factors explain cross-national variation in the
level of parliamentary scrutiny of executives in EU matters?
