Introduction

• Author: Brito Bastos, Filipe; Zeitlin, Jonathan
• Pages: 11-11

SSM and the SRB accountabil ity at European leve l: room f or improvem ents?

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1. INTRODU CTI ON 1

Remit of the paper

(a) To assess whether the current accountability regime and scrutiny instruments (ranging from

hearings to judicial review) are effective in counter balancing the powers given t o SSM and the SR B;

(b) To make pr oposals of additional scrutiny instruments or procedures for improvement to increase

accountability at European level, while respecting the institutions’ independence and within the

current legal framework.

1 This paper draws on research conducted by Jonathan Zeitlin for the EU Horizon 2020 project “Integrating Diversity in the European Union

(InDivEU)”, http://in div eu.eui.eu/, und er grant ag reement No 822304.