LSE EUROPP | Strengthening the role of national parliaments in EU decision-making is not the way to improve the EU’s legitimacy
“With the European Union struggling to overcome the financial crisis, and the knock-on impact on the politics of the European project, national political classes have been grasping for solutions to the EU’s perceived legitimacy problem. One of the most commonly cited solutions is to seek a greater role for national parliaments in EU decision making.”