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EU: The democratic deficit in action

04 March 2013

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"I’ve always suspected that the European Commission was something of an elite outfit. But in the last two weeks, I’ve been granted an unexpected firsthand insight into the Commission’s commitment to democratic debate....Then, a few days ago, I got a call saying that my appearance had been definitively vetoed, and that the DG was not even willing to debate with the Jesuit Refugee Service either. So the upshot, last I heard, is that there will be a studio debate about the EU’s new ‘migration management’ policies in North Africa – between the Home Affairs Director-General … and a representative of the Moroccan government!"

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