The democratic deficit of the EU: Breaking the spell of a false analogy.

Autor:	Malinov, Svetoslav
Předmět:	DEMOCRATIC deficit EUROPEAN politics & government DIGITAL technology BREXIT Referendum 2016
Zdroj:	European View; Oct2021, Vol. 20 Issue 2, p226-233, 8p
Abstrakt:	The article contains a critique of the concept of the democratic deficit of the EU. Its logical unsustainability is revealed by demonstrating that it is based on the 'fallacy of false analogy'. Several of the numerous implications of this assertion are elaborated, with a special emphasis on the 'no-demos thesis'. The article does not treat the idea of the democratic deficit of the EU merely as an analytical concept that is based on a false analogy and thus logically incorrect. For the concept has been persistently used in political debates as one of the most destructive tools against the EU. The concluding section contains a radical proposal for a counter-offensive in favour of European integration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze:	Complementary Index
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