Democracy at the EU level: Folly or necessity? More work for a directly elected European Parliament

It is often argued that the European Union needs legitimation by its Member State democracies. However, there also a reverse dependence in which democracies need some kind of if they are to manage externalities between themselves ways needed deliver their most fundamental obligations own publics secure rights, justice, freedom from arbitrary domination and democracy itself. I argue provides an additional justification for directly elected Parliament: namely, as aid national oversight decisions. The future Europe debates should consider Parliament means connecting not just building representative institutions at level.