... of the "democratic deficit" so often highlighted by Euro-sceptics. We must take all this into account when trying to answer this question. One interesting perspective on the question is that changes occur because a small elite minority are determined to make them happen. Indeed this is true of the European Union in many respects. If the general population were left to decide on the future then change would not occur. The impetus for founding a union of European countries would not have achieved anything were it not for such thinkers as Monnet, Spinelli, Schuman and Spaak. The definition of 'people' can be divided into two categories, as the second one can be the passing on of the proposals to the larger population in the form of a referendum. Institutions therefore simply 'nail down' in form what the people consent to. The people agree to who should do things, while the ...

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