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| Title: | | Democratisation versus accountability - should the European Parliament be given more powers?  |
| Authors: | | Schwager, Robert |
| Issue Date: | | 1999 |
| Series/Report no.: | | ZEW Discussion Papers 99-45 |
| Abstract: | | This paper challenges the assertion that European politics would be closer to the citizens´ preferences if decision power were transferred from the Council of Ministers to the European Parliament. On the one hand, citizens benefit from a greater transparency in the Parliament´s debates compared to the Council´s decisions. On the other hand, a powerful European Parliament would be less accountable to the voters of each state since in the European election each state is only decisive with a small probability. |
| Subjects: | | Accountability European institutions transparency democratisation |
| JEL: | | D72 H11 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Publikationen von Forscherinnen und Forschern des ZEW ZEW Discussion Papers
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