TY - JOUR AU - Serowaniec, Maciej PY - 2014/11/23 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - The Europeanization of the traditional functions of the Polish Parliament in view the provisions of the Treaty of Lisbon and Act on Cooperation of 8 October 2010 JF - Studia Iuridica Toruniensia JA - SIT VL - 14 IS - 0 SE - Studies and articles DO - 10.12775/SIT.2014.016 UR - https://apcz.umk.pl/SIT/article/view/SIT.2014.016 SP - 339-360 AB - <p>The framework for cooperation of the Government with the Sejm and the Senate in EU matters is defined in the Act of 8 October 2010 (the Cooperation Act), which provides for all changes made by the Treaty of Lisbon. The changes introduced by the Lisbon Treaty have had a twofold positive effect on the participation of the Sejm and the Senate in the EU policy-making in Poland. Firstly, these changes have lead to the reflection on and the evaluation of the system of cooperation between Government and the both Houses of the Polish parliaments. This should lead to improving the effectiveness of this cooperation and filling the gaps in the existing law. Secondly, the Treaty has had a positive effect on the role of the Sejm and the Senate in EU policy-making not only through its provisions, but also indirectly – through domestic regulations which have been subsequently adopted. In the course of the adjustment process, national parliaments have managed to gain greater powers. In accordance with this, the question emerges whether of Poland’s membership of the European Union should be the traditional competencies of the Polish Sejm and the Senate understood in a different way and has created a new European competency of the Polish parliament.  </p> ER -