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

investigate how preferences of German citizens for types of democracy influence their retrospective as well as prospective … involvement in political will formation and decision‐making. This paper discusses the conceptions of democracy and assesses the … level in Germany. Findings illustrate that citizens favoring representative democracy are less inclined to take part in …