... citizens. However, it is this "thread of democracy, which should run right from the individual citizen through elected national legislatures and on up to the European institutions" which has been broken. The resulting lack in the ability of the public to influence decisions made at a European level is regarded as a democratic deficit. Institutionally, the EU comprises four main bodies - the Council ... ...

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