Eurozone and democracy(ies): a misleading debate

The reflection on democracy in the eurozone is often established on inappropriate bases, then generating a misleading debate whose issues need to be clarified: it is the purpose of this policy paper by our director Yves Bertoncini.

In this perspective, this policy paper focuss on four series of political analysis :

• The intense debates generated by the eurozone crisis contribute to the democratic nature of decision-making at European level, whose foundations have to be better analyzed.
• The relations between the EMU and its Member States correspond to four different political regimes, whose impact on sovereignty is extremely variable.
• Three main types of powers are exercised in the eurozone framework, in different democratic backgrounds.
• There is a need to consolidate the democratic dimension of the eurozone governance.