The Copenhagen hope: on democracy in the EU

... we have what we have and this is what we operate with, the Brussels institutions seem to have concluded. The report by Rui Tavares on the situation of fundamental rights in Hungary, passed by Parliament two weeks ago, admits to the scope of the issue ... ... responsibility. What’s more relevant, though, is that such a powerful political tool should not be in politicians’ hands. The European Parliament is a political body. The European Commission, once a technocratic one, is increasingly political, too. If ...