A European Union flag flying in front of Elizabeth Tower, otherwise known as Big Ben, in London. (Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images)The Treaty of Rome, which founded the European Union, was signed 60 years ago today. Giandomenico Majone, a leading scholar who once justified the E.U.’s “democratic deficit,” or lack of democratic accountability, now sees the European Union as facing a “democratic default.”[Catholics like the European Union more than Protestants do]However, it’s misleading to claim that the E.U. In 1979, the European Parliament became the world’s first, and to date only, directly elected transnational legislature. citizens may be dissatisfied with democracy in the European Union.

Source: Washington Post March 25, 2017 04:18 UTC