Tag: European Commission

  • Marco Goldoni: The EP 2014 Elections: Constitutional Change or Window-Dressing?

    Marco Goldoni: The EP 2014 Elections: Constitutional Change or Window-Dressing?

    The constitutional expectations developed around the European elections of May 2014 were effectively quite high. Faced with a mounting crisis affecting their output legitimacy, European institutions had to strengthen their status through a different channel. Plausibly, this explains why the idea of enhancing input legitimacy gained ground within the EU and in some Member States’…