Machine Learning Unveils New Insights into European Union Power Delegation

Delegation of powers in politics involves politicians granting authority to agents through enabling statutes' conditions.

➡️ Beyond Laborious Content Analysis

• The study introduces a machine learning approach for analyzing EU legislation on power delegation.
• This method efficiently identifies discretionary measures across all EU directives and regulations from 1958-2017.

➡️ Method Validation

• Researchers trained the classifier using just 10% of hand-coded provisions as a reference point.
• The approach successfully replicates original findings, demonstrating accuracy in large-scale legislative analysis.

➡️ The Broader Applicability

• While focused on power delegation, this technique offers value for any field previously dependent on intensive human coding.