The European Union’s “Democratic Deficit”
Chapter One: Questioning the European Union’s “Democratic Deficit” I. The different versions of the European Union’s “democratic deficit.” The democratic characteristics of the European Union have been under scrutiny since its inception.[1] The famous phrase “democratic deficit” was coined by David Marquand[2] in 1979 to describe a simple idea: given the range and depth of the EU’s regulatory powers, the EU regulatory structure is insufficiently […]