Is corporate tax competition a threat to democracy in the EU? The answer depends crucially on a positive analysis of … indirect effects theoretically and empirically, and explore the implications for the normative debate on the EU's democratic … deficit is real. Greater political contestation over the EU's policy agenda is desirable in order to mitigate this deficit. …

Commission asks EU citizens to judge its operation by its ability ‘to deliver solutions to the big issues that cannot be … approach assuring EU citizens that the Commission will remain ‘big on big things, small on small things’. To deliver on this … chosen to attain the declared objectives. With a view to lay out a future research agenda on EU Better Regulation, this …