Democracy as a Union value and Union law concept: contours and questions
April 14 @ 12:30 am - 2:00 pm
With: John Morijn, University of Groningen Discussants: Antoine Bailleux, UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles & Luca Tomini, Université Libre de Bruxelles, CEVIPOL
Abstract: Democracy” is mentioned, directly or indirectly, in various places in the EU Treaties and Fundamental Rights Charter, and given further substantive content in EU secondary law. It is conventional that any terminology mentioned and used in EU law has EU specific meaning. So what does democracy, as term of art of EU law and policy, mean?