Opinion
EU doesn't want to be more democratic
For all the rhetoric about the need to overcome the democratic deficit, lawmakers like things just the way they are, argues Leonid Bershidsky
Leonid Bershidsky weighs the European Union's options for tackling its 'democratic legitimacy' problem, including the possible abolition of the European Parliament
The European Union (EU) has had a democratic legitimacy problem for years. Its governing bodies – with the exception of those that consist of national leaders and ministers – are neither particularly responsive nor accountable to ordinary European voters.
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