The Democratic Deficit of the European Union – Myth or Reality?

Cristina-Lorelei Trișcă

Europolity – Continuity and Change in European Governance - Old Series, 2011, vol. 5, issue 2, 24-31

Abstract: The debates surrounding the European Union’s democratic deficit aren’t recent al all. There are authors who claim the existence of a democratic deficit, as well as other authors who dismantle, one by one, the arguments of the first ones. Through this paper I want to inventory the arguments according to which the democratic deficit does or doesn’t exist. Finally, I will mention some of the proposals aimed at diminishing the democratic deficit.

Keywords: European Union; European Parliament; democratic deficit; dual legitimation; democratic responsibility; European elections (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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