IMPROVING EUROPEAN GOVERNANCE MUST BE HIGH ON THE POLITICAL AGENDA

It is necessary to bring EU governance forward as a response to the citizens’ quest for legitimacy through enhanced democratization in the decision-making mechanisms and as a tool that would increase the leverage and competitiveness of the EU to have an efficient way of functioning. In that respect, the legitimacy and the representative power of the EU and its institutions need to be put under scrutiny, as powerful and at the same time efficient decision making mechanisms are necessary for the EU.