TY - CHAP

T1 - Political Representation in the EU

T2 - A second transformation?

AU - Friedrich, Dawid

AU - Kroeger, Sandra

PY - 2012

Y1 - 2012

N2 - Since the Maastricht Treaty (1992), the reality of a deepening European integration process has ended the (assumed) ‘permissive consensus’ among the European people that had sustained early phases of the integration process. Since then, an intensive debate about what is now called ‘the EU’s democratic deficit’ has grown and continues to gain momentum. The legitimacy crisis of the EU appears to be too strong, as policy-making is seen as distant, non-transparent, and not in line with institutional checks and balances at the nation-state level. While increasingly affected by European integration, many European citizens believe that they have little say in European decision-making, a situation described as ‘policies without politics’ (Schmidt 2006: 5). Accordingly, several EU - related referenda have resulted in a majority of ʼno’ votes, clearly expressing that the people want to have a say and want to be represented in European policy-making.

AB - Since the Maastricht Treaty (1992), the reality of a deepening European integration process has ended the (assumed) ‘permissive consensus’ among the European people that had sustained early phases of the integration process. Since then, an intensive debate about what is now called ‘the EU’s democratic deficit’ has grown and continues to gain momentum. The legitimacy crisis of the EU appears to be too strong, as policy-making is seen as distant, non-transparent, and not in line with institutional checks and balances at the nation-state level. While increasingly affected by European integration, many European citizens believe that they have little say in European decision-making, a situation described as ‘policies without politics’ (Schmidt 2006: 5). Accordingly, several EU - related referenda have resulted in a majority of ʼno’ votes, clearly expressing that the people want to have a say and want to be represented in European policy-making.

KW - Politics

KW - Repräsentation <Politik>

KW - Europäische Demokratie

KW - Europäische Union

KW - civil society organization

KW - descriptive representation

KW - political representation

KW - representative democracy

KW - representative government

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85015815144&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1057/9780230355828_1

DO - 10.1057/9780230355828_1

M3 - Chapter

SN - 978-0-230-29292-5

SN - 978-1-349-33260-1

SP - 3

EP - 20

BT - The Challenge of Democratic Representation in the European Union

A2 - Friedrich, Dawid

A2 - Kroeger, Sandra

PB - Palgrave Macmillan

CY - Houndmills

ER -