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Democratic Deficit in the EU.
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Democratic Deficit in the EU The European Union continues to play a vital role in domestic areas of policy, but many people, however, still perceive the union as being 'distant' and believe the EU has little involvement and influence. The European Parliament is the only body which they have any control over and is by far the weakest. In my opinion the European Parliament can never make the Union democractic, because the average voter will always relate to his or her national political institutions more favourably as important decisions are seen to be taken behind 'closed doors'. The EU seems distant to most people, all the citizens can do is to vote for their MEP every few years who then sits in a parliament of around 600 people. The MEP in question does not have much say in what is going on. The main problem is that the EU Commission...
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