In this working paper, we treat legitimacy and legitimation as interactive, discursive and relational concepts …: Legitimacy is socially constructed in the public spheres of (democratic) political regimes, that is, in discursive exchanges of … political elites and citizens about the acceptability of these regimes. Legitimacy claims and assessments establish a link …

As the EU enters a new political cycle, this article provides a critical analysis of the state of EU democracy by … realities. It argues that it is for EU democracy — and potentially for the Conference on the Future of Europe — to rethink its … focusing on its two main components: representative and participatory democracy through their theoretical and practical …

"Choice architecture is everywhere. Nudging has become fashionable. The EU and some member states, including Germany … / Anne van Aaken -- The devil is in the details - four remarks on the legitimacy of choice architecture / Robert Neumann … paternalism / Gebhard Kirchgässner -- Exploring the legitimacy of nudging / Sabino Cassese -- Constitutional limits to health …

their citizens." This papers seeks to identify the subject of legitimacy in the EU, the source of legitimate supranational … rests the authority of the EU on one single subject? At first glance, the dual structure of legitimacy seems to be … there are profound theoretical reasons to base the legitimacy of the EU on the individual, on the individual European …