institutions and the decision-making procedures. It is argued that the sum of envisaged changes will considerably alter the …-à-vis the Council (in the codecision procedure). With regard to the internal organisation of the three institutions, too …

public access to documents laid down in the internal rules of the institutions must not be construed or interpreted in a … increasing but still marginal judicial review of the institutions refusals of access to documents, the European Ombudsman …

democracy via a functional assembly, the role of the ESC is defined not only vis-à-vis the Parliament but also vis-à-vis other …

Trust in political institutions is one of the key elements which make representative democracies work. Trust creates a … connection between citizens and representative political institutions. Democratic governments which enjoy a large degree of trust … also tend to have higher degrees of legitimacy and policy efficacy. In Europe’s multi-level governance structure, it is …

as regulatory competition, neo-corporatism and the building up of non-majoritarian institutions of governments, the paper …

's potential in the context of the ongoing governance changes. …