from IV - Constitutional Fundamentals
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 December 2019
My assigned task with this contribution was to reflect on the democratic deficit as an aspect of EU governance. I feel compelled to begin, however, by suggesting, as I have elsewhere, that the very idea of a democratic deficit is a misnomer, and a deeply misleading one at that. Its wide usage reflects how difficult it has been for the standard discourse on the EU, even thoughtfully critical discourse, to ‘come to terms’ – both literally and figuratively – with the integration process as it actually is rather than as many hope it might be.1
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