Strategies for Democratising the European Union and the Issue of the Election of the President of the Commission. JMWP No. 19.98, November 1998

Attina, Fulvio (1998) Strategies for Democratising the European Union and the Issue of the Election of the President of the Commission. JMWP No. 19.98, November 1998 .

Abstract

The issue of building democracy in multi-state political systems is examined in the first section of the essay. Three options for multi-state democracy are analyzed. The second section analyses how the reform of the decisional procedures of the European Union has advanced the role of the European Parliament and the political parties. The third section examines the debate on the role of national parliaments in the European Union because this is an issue of great importance for the European Union as a multi-state democracy. Finally, the paper analyses the issue of the accountability of the EU executive because this is the crucial issue of the democratisation of the European Union in the years ahead.