Assess the extent to which there is a “democratic deficit” in the EU. What concrete institutional remedies could be proposed to remedy this? Since the mid-1980s there have been debates about whether there is a democratic deficit in the EU, a number of authors have written on this topic and in this essay I wish to propose a series of arguments to assess whether or not there is a democratic deficit in the EU and to suggest institutional remedies that could remedy this deficit. I will start by explaining what we mean by democratic deficit in the EU. What I mean by democratic deficit is that EU governance lacks democratic legitimacy because of the way it operates. There are 5 main factors that authors on the subject have identified which show how there is a democratic deficit in the EU, these are: “Increase in executive power – decrease in national parliamentary control, The European Parliament is too weak , there are no European elections, the EU is too far away and "political drift", authors like Follesdal may believe that these factors clearly show that there is a democracy deficit in the EU. I would now like to assess these factors and explain why, in my opinion, there is a democratic deficit in the EU. In my opinion, one of the main reasons for the lack of democratic legitimacy in the EU is the result of institutional changes that have resulted in increased executive power. The increase in executive power within the EU means that the European Parliament is now too weak and national parliaments can be ignored by the Council. This has caused a democracy deficit because “governments can effectively ignore their parliaments when making decisions in Brussels”. This means that certain decisions made at the council... middle of paper ......o are adopted. Thanks to the co-decision procedure, the majority already goes through the co-decision procedure, which would ensure that all decisions have been adopted by both chambers and therefore improve democratic legitimacy. In conclusion, I believe I have shown both sides of the argument. which analyze the extent to which there is a democratic deficit in the EU, and I have shown that I believe that, although Majone and Moravcik make some salient points, I believe that there is a lack of democratic legitimacy in the EU, and because of this I proposed a number of institutional remedies, namely the creation of a European media station, making decision-making procedures more transparent and increasing the power of Parliament, which would reduce the democratic deficit and would promote greater interest in the functioning of the EU and contribute to its democratic legitimacy.