The Copenhagen hope: on democracy in the EU

... the Commission to carry out monitoring duties, and give the Union’s legislative and executive bodies good advice when democracy-related worries arise vis-a-vis a member state. If Draco is hardly visible, and indeed if he has the best credentials,... ... responsibility. What’s more relevant, though, is that such a powerful political tool should not be in politicians’ hands. The European Parliament is a political body. The European Commission, once a technocratic one, is increasingly political, too. If ...