In What Sense Does Right-Wing Populism Pose a Democratic Challenge for the European Union?

What kind of challenge is right-wing populism for the European Union (EU)? The EU has been frequently criticized by populists and non-populists alike being a remote technocracy that suffers from serious democratic defects. Democratization relies on popular (and system insider) feedback, to spell out where shortcomings are, how these can be rectified. Does play this role—is it capable playing role—in today? I discuss under three headings: (1) Is democratizing EU? (2) (3) an existential threat article finds dismiss prospects democracy espouse conceptions people, community, values are synch with EU. Today's appear less concerned abolishing more bent altering serve their ends.