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Ten Commandments to Overcome the EU’s Many Crises
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Ten Commandments to Overcome the EU’s Many Crises

Uffe Ostergard
EUobserver, 2018
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The rise of Euroskeptic parties across Europe reflects crisis of faith: Citizens feel increasingly alienated from the EU bureaucracy – long accused of operating with a “democratic deficit” – and doubtful about the union’s ability to ensure security and promote economic prosperity more than any single member state could on its own. But Uffe Ostergard of the Copenhagen Business School argues that the EU can fix its legitimacy crisis through a series of reforms. getAbstract recommends his “Ten Commandments to democratize the EU” to European policy makers.

Take-Aways

  • Although the 2008 financial crisis, the refugee crisis and Brexit have undermined Europeans’ trust in the European Union and its institutions, the EU can regain legitimacy through a series of reforms.
  • EU institutions must become more transparent and accountable to the people. Elected representatives should make laws, not the European Court of Justice.  
  • Citizens should elect their national EU commissioners directly, and national parliaments should be granted greater flexibility in implementing EU law in their respective countries.

About the Author

Uffe Ostergard is a professor emeritus at Copenhagen Business School and the author of What Next, EU?

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