... Union (EU).2 Nevertheless, the democratic legitimacy of the EU should not be assured only by the mere existence of the European Parliament (EP). The legitimacy of democracy, which defined by Abraham Lincoln as "government of the people, by the people, for the people", depends on political participation, citizen participation and effective government.3 However, in this essay, whether EU has sufficient democratic ... ...

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... in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system." An alternative definition is offered by Abraham Lincoln who describes a democratic government as a government "of the people, by the people, and for the people." From a comparative politics perspective, with the EU regarded as a political system, these definitions would ... ...

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