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What is meant by the phrase “democratic deficit” with regard to the European Union?

What is meant by the phrase “democratic deficit” with regard to the European Union? Why is the voter turnout in elections for the European Parliament so low?
What do you think could be done to restore the publics faith in the system? Also do you see this happenning in the EU?

The EU needs to change fast if anyone wants to stay a part of it,

the same democratic deficit is happening in Britain too, England is the only country in Europe without some form of self government.

European elections, democratic deficit analysis, right-wing parties: zEUs May 2009

The Democratic Deficit Debate in the European Union NEW $78.89

Democratic Deficit: Institutions and Regulation in the European Union, Switzerland and the United States $23.88 Is the European Union democratic? Much has been written claiming that the EU’s institutions and policymaking processes are insufficiently accountable to, and representative of, the European electorate. In Democratic Deficit?, Thomas D. Zweifel offers a provocative new treatment of the concept of democracy in the EU. The work provides a rigorous, comparative examination of the European Union and th…

Gendering the European Union: New Approaches to Old Democratic Deficits (Gender and Politics) $42.44 An exploration of European integration as seen through a gender lens. This book looks at integration theories, institutional relationships, enlargement, the development of gender law and the role of formal actors, scholars and expert networks in the EU policy-making process. With a focus on gender mainstreaming as a new approach to gender policy….

The European Union Democratic Deficit and the Public Sphere: An Evaluation of Eu Media Policy (Informatization Developments and the Public Sector, $97.00 The book provides an assessment of European Union communications policy judged against democratic and normative criteria within the framework of the question of the need for a European wide public sphere. Taking as a starting point the democratic deficit and the problem of a lack of a developed public sphere at a level that is equal in scale and scope to the decision making bodies of the European …