The democratic deficit of the European Union : the European Parliament in the EU legislative process - as compared with the position of the Bundestag

The democratic deficit of the European Union The European Parliament in the legislative process of the European Union - in comparison with the position of the Bundestag This thesis examines the democratic deficit of the European Union based on the comparison of the position of the European Parliament in the legislative process of the European Union and the Bundestag in German legislative process. I chose the comparison with the Bundestag because out of all the Member States, the German political system and its legislative process resembles the one of the European Union the most. The purpose of this thesis is to determine whether and to what extent, taking into consideration the strengthening of the European Parliament in recent years, we can still discuss the democratic deficit of the European Union, when the European Union citizens and their elected representatives were excluded from effective participation in the adoption of legislative acts. The thesis is divided into three parts. The first part deals with the context of the democratic deficit of the European Union within the role of the European Parliament according to a number of leading authors on the issue of European integration. The second part is devoted to the legislative process in Germany, focusing on the position and role of the Bundestag in..