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Government --- European Union --- Legislators --- Parlementaires --- European Parliament.

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International relations. Foreign policy --- Europe --- Regionalism --- European Union countries --- Politics and government --- EEC / European Union - EU -Europese Unie - Union Européenne - UE --- #SBIB:328H210 --- #SBIB:324H40 --- #SBIB:327.7H220 --- BE / Belgium - België - Belgique --- 334.151.4 --- 321.68 --- Instellingen en beleid: West-Europa: comparatief / diverse landen --- Politieke structuren: algemeen --- Europese Unie: instellingen en besluitvorming --- EG : regionaal beleid. Europees Fonds voor Regionale Ontwikkeling. --- Federalisme. --- Federalisme --- EG : regionaal beleid. Europees Fonds voor Regionale Ontwikkeling --- Politics and government. --- Regionalism - European Union countries --- European Union countries - Politics and government

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The past 15 years have seen declining public support for European integration, and widespread suggestions that a legitimacy crisis faces the European Union (EU). Many in the EU have believed that this problem could be effectively tackled by vesting greater powers in the European Parliament (EP), the Union's only directly-elected institution. The central argument of this book is that, while considerable efforts have been made to increase the status of the EP, it is in crucialrespects a failure as a representative body. This failure is grounded in the manner in which the parliament is elected. T

Representative government and representation --- Political participation --- European Parliament --- Elections. --- European Communities. Parliament

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Who is really making EU laws and regulations? Formally, and according to most popular accounts, responsibility lies with European politicians who are directly elected (MEPs) or indirectly accountable to elected bodies at the European or national level (council). In practice, however, as this book shows, things can be very different. The real makers of European legislation and rules are frequently unelected and far from the public gaze. This book describes and evaluates the role of many such unseen lawmakers, including commission officials, experts from national governments and companies, lobby

Legislation --- 260 Europese Unie --- Legislative process --- Law --- European Union. --- E.U. --- Europe --- Politics and government