THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND SOVEREIGNTY

In: Parliamentary affairs: a journal of representative politics, Band 44, Heft 1, S. 481-492

Abstract

THE DEBATE ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY AND LOSS OF SOVEREIGNTY HAS BECOME MORE PRONOUNCED SINCE THE ADOPTION OF THE SINGLE EUROPEAN ACT AND THE SINGLE MARKET PROGRAM. THIS ARTICLE, HOWEVER, INSTEAD OF ENGAGING IN A DEBATE POLARIZED AROUND ABSTRACT CONCEPTS SUCH AS SOVEREIGNTY AND FEDERALISM, WILL FOCUS UPON THE PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS OF ACCELERATION OF THE POLITICAL PROCESS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. IT DESCRIBES THE DEMOCRATIC DEFICIT WITHIN THE EC, HOW THE INSTITUTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY MIGHT BE DEVELOPED, AND ADVOCATES IMPROVED PROCEDURES FOR DEMOCRATIC ACCOUNTABILITY.