Parlamentos transnacionales hacia la integración regional. Un estudio comparativo entre el Parlatino y el Parlamento Europeo

Latin America and the Caribbean have experienced several attempts of regional integration. In 2010, the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) was founded, which was accompanied by a proposal to make the Latin American Parliament (Parlatino) the legislative arm of the new organization. The aim of this research is to fill an empty space in the comparative regional literature, comparing this institution with the European Parliament and investigate their roles in regional integration processes, together with the potential of the Parlatino from the neoinstitutionalist point of view. For the analysis of the institutional arrangement of the two parliaments, the study is based on a comparative scheme to be able to conclude firmly whether the EU experience provides a useful model for the Parlatino.