The Copenhagen hope: on democracy in the EU

... conference as politicians and academics brainstorm together. With a report passed at the European Parliament’s last session this season, a viable path is clearing ... ... Brussels is talking about the EU’s apparent inability to preserve democratic and human rights guarantees, as laid down in the Copenhagen criteria, once a country is... ... state. It is also ignorant to deny the inherent political nature of the post-Lisbon European Union and that therefore the state of democracy in a member state affects the...