!!!Parlamentarische Kontrolle

Parliamentary Control, next to legislation the most significant 
function of parliament in a democratic state. Parliamentary control 
has become particularly important in modern welfare states, where the 
executive branch usually has enormous resources at its disposal. In 
the party system, the task of parliamentary control is largely in the 
hands of the opposition, while the majority parties tend to support 
the government. For this reason the standards of minority party rights 
are decisive for the quality of parliamentary control. The scope of 
parliamentary control has been extended since the mid-1970s. A 
majority decision of the National Council is still required to set up 
an investigation committee, but since 1989 five members of parliament 
can table an emergency motion and 20 members can call for an 
investigation by the Court of Audit. Admittedly, however, the major 
problem is that parliamentary control has hardly any practical 
consequences.


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