Conclusion : diffuse democracy in the European Union: the pathologies of delegation
By: MAGNETTE, Paul
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Contributor(s): LEQUESNE, Christian | JABKO, Nicolas | COSTA, Olivier.
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ArticlePublisher: Oxfordshire : Routledge, October 2003Journal of European Public Policy 10, 5, p. 834-840Abstract: As the EU is not a state, and not likely to become one in the foreseeable future, it cannot rely on classic institutional devices - parliamentary or presidential regimes - to curb its democratic deficit. The EU is characterized as a form of multi-level governance with diffuse mechanisms of democratic control. Such a process of democratization is nevertheless not efficient enough to be called democratic.
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As the EU is not a state, and not likely to become one in the foreseeable future, it cannot rely on classic institutional devices - parliamentary or presidential regimes - to curb its democratic deficit. The EU is characterized as a form of multi-level governance with diffuse mechanisms of democratic control. Such a process of democratization is nevertheless not efficient enough to be called democratic.
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