... law. Alongside the aforementioned direct impacts of the European citizens, the allegiance to interest groups and political parties provides the resources required by intermediary organisations to have an effect at a European level. In reality however, it is these very institutions and their remote, elite-driven and unaccountable nature, which proves to be at the heart of the democratic deficit. The European Commission can be viewed as the manifestation of ... euro-supranationalism, with responsibilities ranging from drafting and arbitrating in the legislative process to managing the EU ...

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