... the original consultation. "The co-operation procedure introduced by the SEA and the conciliation and veto procedure, also known as the co-decision procedure."2, established by the Treaty on European Union The term 'fundamentally undemocratic' states how there is a lack of democracy in the policy areas of the European Union. This can also be known as a 'democratic deficit'. It is simply down to a matter of opinion if the European Union is undemocratic or not. I aim to discuss and show the differences between these opinions. The process the EU goes through to make and create decisions is complicated. The EU tries to simplify the procedure and make it more accessible to the citizens themselves. They do this by giving more information and providing more ways for the civil society to intervene in the policies themselves. Since the Maastricht treaty of 1991 my research shows that there has been a conscious effort to ...

See this essay or coursework document in full right now