The European Commission and Europe's democratic process: why the EU's executive faces an uncertain future

In: Palgrave pivot

Abstract

Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction: The Commission Under Pressure -- References -- Chapter 2: Assessing the Commission -- Metrics and Reference Points -- References -- Chapter 3: Critiques of the Commission: From the Rise of Euroscepticism to the Democratic Deficit -- The Commission and Eurosceptic Political Narratives -- The Commission and the Democratic Deficit -- Assessing the Commission's Democratic Legitimacy -- References -- Chapter 4: Institutional Pressures: The Commission After Lisbon -- The Commission and the European Council After Lisbon