Essay from the year 2009 in the subject Politics - Topic: European Union, grade: 1,0, University of Münster (Institut für Politikwissenschaft), course: Government and Politics of the European Union, language: English, abstract: Is it legitimate to talk about a "democratic deficit" in the European Union? From what perspectives and broader ideas about the European project does the consensus of the main German political partys derive? Is it true that the perceived democratic deficit in the European Union can be resolved by a strong European Parliament, in other words: Should the future democratic focus of the EU lay on this institution? These questions are discussed in the following essay.