A report released on Thursday from the Initiative and Referendum Institute Europe (IRI), a pan-European think thank, has called on the European Union and the governments of Member States to increase democratic participation in order to rectify the so-called 'democracy deficit' of the EU.
The report, produced by IRI president Bruno Kaufmann, leading Finnish Green MEP Heidi Hautala and UK Liberal MEP Diana Wallis, advocates the increased use of referenda on issues pertaining to the Europe...
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