Beetz, Jan Pieter; Rossi, Enzo - 2015
This paper provides a conceptual analysis of the EU's legitimation status through the lens of a realist account of … perceived legitimation crisis of the EU. In Williams' well-known formula, "Basic Legitimation Demand + Modernity = Liberalism … EU member states ostensibly support the Union, the legitimation story offered by the member states to its citizens draws …