Why There is a Democratic Deficit in the EU: A Response to Majone and Moravcsik

2006/05/09 by ANDREAS FOLLESDAL, Andreas Føllesdal, SIMON HIX +1 · 28 citations
Social Sciences · #European Union Policy and Governance #Social Policy and Reform Studies #Populism, Right-Wing Movements

paper · doi:10.1111/j.1468-5965.2006.00650.x

Abstract

Abstract Giandomenico Majone and Andrew Moravcsik have argued that the EU does not suffer a ‘democratic deficit’. We disagree about one key element: whether a democratic polity requires contestation for political leadership and over policy. This aspect is an essential element of even the ‘thinnest’ theories of democracy, yet is conspicuously absent in the EU.

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