relationship of tension with the Charter's democratic constitutionalist philosophy. As an organisation, Charter/Unlock Democracy …

article shows how conceptions of democracy in the Nordics can explain the critical Nordic attitude towards the legitimacy of … a majoritarian democracy only reluctantly cooperate with supranational judicial bodies by referring very few cases. I …

integration are compatible with EU constitutional standards of democracy. Increasing recourse to differentiated integration in the … constitutional standards of democracy from the EU Treaties - representation, political accountability, legal accountability and … Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (AFSJ) …

This article weighs the European Union's proposed Constitution against historical complaints that the EU suffers from a … more accountable. For each identified concern, the relevant provisions of the Constitution are identified to determine … whether the issue would have been resolved. The conclusion is that the Constitution offered welcome improvements to the EU …