I am Anna Hegedűs, currently a fifth year law student at Pázmány Péter Catholic University. I was admitted to Mathias Corvinus Collegium in 2021, where I first completed the school program under the auspices of the Law School, and from the academic year 2023/2024 I will be a member of the Center for International Law, where I will be researching European law. The field of law I choose has always been strongly influenced by my interest in public life. I was first attracted to the field of media law, which led me to work for a journalism foundation, writing articles, but later I also tried my hand at law, where I was most interested in civil law. In the previous spring semester, I had the opportunity to work as an intern at the European Parliament, which gave me a deeper insight into international law and politics. This experience inspired my research topic.

Research topic:

The role of national parliaments in EU decision-making

My research focuses on the changing role of national parliaments in European decision-making since the beginning of European integration. The emergence and development of Community legislation has created an autonomous legal order, which differs from traditional international law because it is directly applicable. EU lawmaking is a process of sharing sovereignty between Member States in a supranational cooperation, which raises questions of democratic legitimacy and of the Member States' power of control. The aim of this thesis is to review and examine these powers and to reflect on one of the most pressing European policy debates of our time, namely the extent to which the European Union can limit the sovereignty of Member States and the extent to which the democratic deficit of the European Union can be remedied.