The current impasse over the Lisbon Treaty threatens yet again to leave the union stuck in another period of immobilism. It may take a further two years to persuade member states to agree to a set of minor reforms self-evidently necessary to run an expanded EU more smoothly, reforms that should have been agreed in 2005.
How can there be a democratic deficit when a few citizens turn down a proposal that, inter alia, would extend the powers of the European Parliament?
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Already a member? Login hereLisbeth founded EUobserver in 2000 and is responsible to the Board for effective strategic leadership, planning and performance. After graduating from the Danish School of Media and Journalism, she worked as a journalist, analyst, and editor for Danish media.
Lisbeth founded EUobserver in 2000 and is responsible to the Board for effective strategic leadership, planning and performance. After graduating from the Danish School of Media and Journalism, she worked as a journalist, analyst, and editor for Danish media.