Bulletin n. 3/2011 | ||
February 2012 | ||
Priestley Julian |
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A chink of light in the EU’s democratic gloom | ||
in Europe´s World , Issue 19, Autumn , 2011 | ||
It is useless to pretend that Europe’s voters either like or respect the EU’s democratic underpinnings, even though the European Parliament has made so much progress over three decades. Julian Priestley, who headed the EP’s administration as Secretary General for 10 years until 2007, argues that the coming contest between its two main political groupings to secure the EU Commission’s top job may open up a new era in EU democracy. http://www.europesworld.org/NewEnglish/Home_old/Article/tabid/191/ArticleType/articleview/ArticleID/21916/language/en-US/Default.aspx | ||