ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses whether and to what degree democracy is possible in the EU’s multi-level system in the context of liberal capitalism. Seven problem fields and possible remedies are discussed: namely, (1) an over-bureaucratization, (2) expert dominance, (3) an over-constitutionalization, (4) differentiated integration, (5) the effects of negative integration, (6) the lack of an idea and a practice of the EU common good, and (7) a weakly developed demos. Possible solutions refer, first, to enlarging institutional and political spaces for democracy by getting back decision-making into directly legitimate bodies and the public realm, and, second, by politicizing the EU, which would, third, enhance the development of an EU demos.
