“Where democracy – as an evident necessity – has to be organized through representation, actors coincide with groups-interests. In a representative democracy the interests of the group determine the democratic decision making. And since group interests are the natural enemy… — Leo Klinkers Copy Share Image
“My statement is thus that we can only end this downfall of European intergovernmental decision-making by eliminating the intergovernmental operating system completely, in favor… — Leo Klinkers Copy Share Image
“Where democracy – as an evident necessity – has to be organized through representation, actors coincide with groups-interests. In a representative democracy the interests… — Leo Klinkers Copy Share Image
“If the whole community takes a decision, actors and interests are identical: they coincide. In the case of popular sovereignty the people are the… — Leo Klinkers Copy Share Image
“A more thorough analysis of the many weaknesses and shortcomings of the confederal system of that time would make clear that today’s European Union… — Leo Klinkers Copy Share Image
“In essence the accelerating decay of the intergovernmental system can be traced back to the fact that all attempts to change it drastically came… — Leo Klinkers Copy Share Image
