The European Initiative

Andrada Maria Albescu

Europolity – Continuity and Change in European Governance - Old Series, 2008, vol. 2, issue 1, 15-18

Abstract: The article begins with the problem of the democratic deficiency that exists in the European Union analyzing the article introduced in the Lisbon Treaty which gives to the European citizens the right to determine the European Commission to create a law in an certain area. Afterwards, there are presented three problems that can occur from that article: in what measure the criteria of the one million signatures can be accomplished, the reaction of the large states in the situation when the signatures belong mostly to the citizens of small states and what will be the reaction of the member states governments if such a law is advanced by the citizens.

Keywords: democratic deficit; European citizenship; primary law; legislative proposal (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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