The European Parliament, an easy scapegoat

"European deputies didn't wait for the anniversary of the European Parliament to celebrate the 50th year since its creation on March 19th, 1958", explains Laurent Moyse two days after a ceremony organised in Strasbourg. "The European Parliament plays a capital role in the democratic functioning of the EU, even if we did have to wait 20 years for the election of deputies through universal suffrage. It may seem surprising that since 1979, the European elections fail to instigate passionate feeling in crowds, despite the fact that this institution's role has continuously grown and European legislation has become a cornerstone for various national policies. This lack of interest is not only due to the technical character of debates, or to the complexity of the EU's institutional machinery: a number of governments don't hesitate to discredit Europe when trying to find a way out of problems that come up on a national level."

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