Lost in transmission: Why few interest groups have the capacity to properly link citizens with EU policymakers
Interest groups can potentially help alleviate the EU’s democratic deficit by acting as a ‘transmission belt’ between citizens and EU policymakers. However, as Adrià Albareda demonstrates, many of the interest groups active at the EU level lack the organisational capacity and member involvement to perform this function in practice.
The European Union has a long standing democratic deficit problem due […]
Topic-modelling the 2019 European Parliament elections: The long awaited battle over the ‘soul of Europe’?
Topic-modelling the 2019 European Parliament elections: The long awaited battle over the ‘soul of Europe’?
The campaign for the next European Parliament elections in May is now entering full swing. Miriam Sorace presents a detailed analysis of the platforms of the main European Party Groups ahead of the vote and assesses what the political consequences of the election might be for the EU over the next five years.
In his speech at the December […]