, entailing - at least partly - a lack of transparency, increasing complexity and growing differentiation. Is Legitimacy possible …The Treaty on European Union (EU) has on the one hand increased democratic legitimacy of the integration process by … confering new powers to the European Parliament (EP) - legitimacy viewed as an attribute-, while on the other hand acceptance by …

the same time as they address the issue of lack of transparency and legitimacy of the current system of governance … position of the EC is analyzed. The EC institutions and their interaction with EU Member States' institutions and trade policy … transparency, efficiency, accountability) can be paralleled to the WTO's decision-making process, and thus the European experience …

to address the "constitutionalist" dimension of the European law. The theoretical argument is then substantiated by an …