{"id":279,"date":"2010-03-15T13:45:13","date_gmt":"2010-03-15T17:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/canadaeurope\/?p=279"},"modified":"2017-04-06T14:01:38","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T18:01:38","slug":"policy-brief-civil-society-in-the-eu-a-strong-player-or-a-fig-leaf-for-the-democratic-deficit-by-ingeborg-tommel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/canadaeurope\/2010\/policy-brief-civil-society-in-the-eu-a-strong-player-or-a-fig-leaf-for-the-democratic-deficit-by-ingeborg-tommel\/","title":{"rendered":"Policy Brief: \u201cCivil society in the EU: a strong player or a fig-leaf for the democratic deficit?\u201d by Ingeborg T\u00f6mmel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Policy Brief (March 2010) by\u00a0Ingeborg T\u00f6mmel,\u00a0Jean Monnet Chair in European Politics and Policies, University of Osnabr\u00fcck, Germany<\/p>\n<p>This paper asks why civil society has become such an important actor and what role it plays in the European polity. The policy paper will trace the evolution of civil society as an additional player in European politics and governance; elaborate on the rationale underlying this process and, discuss the problems linked to the participation of civil society in European affairs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/canadaeurope\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010-03-IngeborgToemmelCivilSocietyInTheEU.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-280 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/canadaeurope\/wp-content\/uploads\/CommentaryIcon-240x310-6-240x310.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/canadaeurope\/wp-content\/uploads\/CommentaryIcon-240x310-6.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/canadaeurope\/wp-content\/uploads\/CommentaryIcon-240x310-6-160x207.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Policy Brief (March 2010) by\u00a0Ingeborg T\u00f6mmel,\u00a0Jean Monnet Chair in European Politics and Policies, University of Osnabr\u00fcck, Germany This paper asks why civil society has become such an important actor and what role it plays in the European polity. 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