Twenty-five years after the conclusion of the Treaty of Amsterdam in 1997, the European Union is poised to overcome its notorious 'democratic deficit'.
The EU is the first international organisation to evolve to a transnational democracy. The hallmark of the EU is that it applies the constitutional principles of democracy, and the rule of law, to an association of states.
As a result of the determination ...
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Already a member? LoginJaap Hoeksma is a philosopher of law, and the author of The European Union: a democratic Union of democratic States.
Jaap Hoeksma is a philosopher of law, and the author of The European Union: a democratic Union of democratic States.