O parlamento do MERCOSUL: avanços e desafios para instituição do voto direto

Abstract

This monograph seeks to examine the actions taken by Mercosur member states for the direct election of their representatives in the Parliament of the bloc, Parlasur, specially the Brazilian case. Firstly, a presentation of Parliament's background is made and an analysis of the Joint Parliamentary Committee, which would give rise to Parlasur. Subsequently, the creation and performance of Parlasur was analyzed, which in its Constitutive Protocol already presented the need for direct elections of its representatives. In view of its relevance and pioneering, we make a comparative analysis between Parlasur and the European Parliament. Of its five Member States, only Argentina and Paraguay have held direct elections to date. Therefore, these two cases are analyzed in more detail. Of the three countries that did not hold the elections, greater attention is given to the Brazilian case, with draft Laws Proposed in the Chamber of Deputies and in the Federal Senate. A brief analysis is also made of the current Brazilian representation in Parlasur. At the end, the topics that have already been discussed and the holding of the direct elections in Brazil that have 2020 as the deadline for their realization are discussed.