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European Integration and Democracy29 november 2023
Unraveling the democratic deficit in the EU: Euroscepticism in the decision-making
process
The question of the European Union’s democratic deficit has been an ongoing debate in
political discourse. The democratic deficit debate is about the gap between the EU
institutions and its citizens, decisions are often seen as distant and without any citizen input.
This essay will focus on the decision-making process in combination with euroscepticism.
The European Parliament and the Council execute the EU decision-making process as co-
legislators. (Cini and Borragán, European Union Politics, p. 180.) This essay will focus on the
combination of these institutions seeing how they are responsible together. It will focus on
specific elements of the proposals that highlight the challenges and proposed measures to
improve the EU’s decision-making process in combination with the struggle between
supranational governance and national sovereignty.
For example, proposal 40 measures 2 and 4 (p. 84) is about subsidiarity, the proposal
mentions making a clear divide between national, European and regional matters and about
giving more input to national parliaments. It recognises the need for improvements in
democratic governance within the EU, but it also acknowledges the complexity of balancing
national and EU interests. This essay will dive into the significance of differentiated
integration, focussing on the struggle between giving more “power” to the member states and
dividing European matters from national matters.
Another example is Proposal 39 Measure 2 (p. 83) where it is mentioned that the decision-
making process should be further developed to involve national, regional,
local representatives, social partners and organised civil society more into the process.
To make sure that this essay is topical and original. It will focus on connections to the
proposals presented in the Conference of the Future Europa and it will focus on
developments in the current political landscape that are connected to the EU decision-
making process and euroscepticism. Euroscepticism is a subject that is very significant in the
present, seeing how multiple countries have political parties that are advocating to leave the
EU or have a referendum on leaving the EU.
In conclusion, this essay aims to contribute to the ongoing debate on the democratic deficit
by offering a perspective on the connection between current events of euroscepticism with
the proposals on the EU decision-making process (European Parliament and the Council) of
the Conference on the Future of Europe.
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