It’s no secret that bureaucratic institutions like the EU Parliament grind slowly. It often takes months before the EU Parliament even begins to deal with a legislative proposal. The reasons for this are disputes between the committees about responsibilities, Corinna Visser analyzes. There are always conflicts over which committee gets which dossiers – often of a political rather than substantive nature. Now the process is to be shortened, and the House’s rules of procedure from 1999 are to be revised.