This paper outlines the role of European Affairs Committees in the national legislatures of EU member States. It also makes a number of suggestions of best practice that might be adopted by the European Integration Committee in the Rada of Ukraine. 

The short descriptions of the European Committees in each member State which follow outline their functions, size and relationship with Government. In general terms, all Committees broadly represent the political make-up of their Parliament, though the exactness of the correlation varies.