Democracy And Legitimacy In Democracy

Legitimacy in democracy is what defines the democracy of any institution also insufficient level of democracy in political institutions comparing standards of democracy in democratic government can be termed as democratic deficit. The democratic deficit depicts the underdevelopment of key democratic institutions it also shows the procedures under which these institutions fail in discharge of their duties these characteristics include lack of transparency and accountability, decision making that does not involve everyone and the usual issue of blocking citizens from participation in the policy making. In relation to the European Union , David Marquand (1979) argue that the European Parliament had the issue of democratic deficit as the citizens of Europe did not directly elect it, further more in relation to the European Union this deficit is seen as the lack of presentation to the ordinary citizen and lack of accountability of European Union institution.
Democracy can be viewed in the following perspective; its requires citizens to be able to …show more content…
There is evidence that citizens preferences have not been prioritized , this challenge therefore calls for establishment of independent institution that will take care of the political – social welfare of the citizens . These institutions are expected to prioritize the welfare and wellbeing its citizens by accessing them with the necessary resources. The fact that changes are on the way in the EU proves that all is not lost in the journey of search for democracy .Some changes emerging in both European Union Council as well as European Parliament. Another solution is to increase the powers of the European Parliament; this is by allowing for a directly accountable institution to have increased input in decisions made by European Institutions (Avbeij in eumap.org,