This paper analyses the prominence, content and justifications of Euroscepticism as a form of EU legitimacy … contestation, mediation and formation of public opinion in the public sphere. Our survey delivers original data on EU legitimacy …. Thirdly, we find that a primary concern in EU legitimacy contestation is democracy, especially for those evaluating EU …

legitimacy-trap. An elected convention would probably be more democratic, because such an institution would be more public as …