Weber: Six proposals in wake of Spitzenkandidat process

Since the European elections there has been much discussion about European democracy.

I will not lament - as a person directly concerned - the decision-making process that resulted in a package deal on the new leadership in Europe. I respect this result, which was in accordance with the Treaties and therefore not undemocratic, albeit unsatisfactory.

Many voters and a large number of MEPs expected the democratisation of the EU to have made another clear leap forward, which would ...