Social Sciences
8 years ago

EU Constitution fails to address democratic deficit, leaving transparency in question.

SSRN Electronic Journal
Proposed European Union Constitution -- will it eliminate the EU's democratic defict?
Stephen C. Sieberson

Paper Summary

The European Union proposed a new Constitution in 2003 to address its lack of transparency and democratic processes. The draft Constitution aims to improve the EU system, but it does not make enough changes to significantly reduce the EU's democratic deficit.

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