European economic governance: deficient in democratic legitimacy?

This article seeks to offer an overview of the structures of democratic legitimisation in EU economic governance, and to consider their adequacy, examining in particular the question of the extent of parliamentary participation in such governance. Although much progress has been made in establishing throughput legitimacy and creating processes furthering the interests of accountability, transparency and efficacy, it will be seen that considerable deficiencies continue to exist, at both European and member state level.