Making sense of Eurasian integration

... Though European citizens can elect their representatives to the parliament, its authority is limited compared to national parliaments of the 28 EU members. Hence, democracy deficit looms large. Okay, democracy, you say. Maybe it is not what Eurasian integration needs. In fact, there is even no such a thing as Eurasian Union. First and foremost, it should come into being. Besides, looking at the domestic institutional designs of Russia, Belarus und Kazakhstan one can come to conclusion that democracy is not what the leaders of these three states concerned with. There is therefore no hope that EAU would be any more democratic than European Union. There is, however, one thing worth ...