Transnational election lists and the
Spitzenkandidaten system used during the EU elections to nominate the bloc’s leaders are no “miracle cures” to the “democratic deficit” in the EU, according to an information report presented by French senators on Tuesday (6 July). EURACTIV France reports.
Such “deceptive solutions” would even present several risks, according to the senators, which include conservative Senator Jean-François Rapin of Les Républicains and Laurence Harribey of the Socialist, Ecologist and Republican group in the Senate, who both sit on the European affairs committee.
The French lawmakers are even advocating for ‘Europeanising’ the ballot, inviting future candidates in the elections to truly take up European issues in their campaign, while stressing the role that the media should play.