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The qualitative expression of the democratic deficit is the difference between the democracy indices of a country from the highest possible values. The phrase "democratic deficit" is cited as first being used by the Young European Federalists in their Manifesto in 1977, [2] which was drafted by Richard Corbett.
Moravcsik, A. (2002) ‘In defence of the democratic deficit: reassessing legitimacy in the European Union’ Journal of Common Market Studies. Vol 40, Issue 4. Reif, K and Schmitt, S. (1980) ‘Nine second-order national elections: a conceptual framework for the analysis of European election results’ European Journal of Political Research ...
The pastiche of treaties, and not a single actualising charter of government, form the constitutional basis of the European Union. This ambiguity is what critics call a primary cause of "democratic deficit." The EU itself is a legal personality and a set of governing institutions empowered by the treaties.
The European Scrutiny Committee is examining government proposals to amend the post-Brexit protocol. NI Protocol has led to ‘democratic deficit’, MPs are told Skip to main content
Democracy in Europe can be comparatively assessed [1] according to various definitions of democracy. [2] According to the V-Dem Democracy Indices, the European countries with the highest democracy scores in 2023 are Denmark , Norway and Sweden , meanwhile the European countries with lowest democracy scores in 2023 are Belarus , Russia and Turkey .
In the past several years, the European Union (EU) has been going through a crisis that has been described as a "crisis of legitimacy" or as a " democratic deficit".To overcome this, the EU has put in place different strategies, one of them being that of participatory democracy.
Those deficits, funding wars, highways and so much more, have added up over the past few hundred years to the point where the federal government has sold debt and interest worth more than $36 ...
Some scholars consider the so-called "communication deficit" as partially responsible for the low public interest and turnout at the European elections. Greater positive media coverage of European issues, actors and electoral campaigns have been associated with higher turnout, [ 74 ] [ 75 ] [ 76 ] (even if scepticism remains [ 77 ] ).