European Democracy: A Reconstruction through Dismantling Misconceptions

Authors

  • Armin von Bogdandy

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54148/ELTELJ.2022.1.5

Keywords:

Democracy, demoicracy, democratisation, citizenship, European Union, political equality, trilogues

Abstract

The democratisation of Europe requires the Europeanisation of democratic thought. This contribution joins that project from a legal perspective. It substantiates art 2 and 10 TEU by engaging with common arguments that deny the European Union’s democratic character. It consists in a conceptual reconstruction that reflects European facticity as well as normativity to find a way between apology and utopia. This contribution concludes that the true problem of European democracy does not lie at the Union level, but elsewhere, namely in hybrid Member States.

Author Biography

Armin von Bogdandy

Armin von Bogdandy is director at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg and Professor of Public Law at Goethe-University Frankfurt.

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Published

2023-03-23

Issue

No. 1 (2022)

Section

Articles