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Still in democratic deficit

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  • Does the EU Suffer from a Democratic Deficit?
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The rejection of the Lisbon Treaty by the Irish electorate has given new vigour to the debate on the European Union’s widely perceived democratic deficit. Does the EU indeed have a serious democracy problem? What are the options open to the European political leadership and which of these should be acted upon?

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  1. ARENA, the Centre for European Studies, the University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    Christopher Lord

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Lord, C. Still in democratic deficit. Intereconomics 43, 316–340 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10272-008-0266-7

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