Policy Paper by Young Researcher WP II/III Theories: Team 4 (D11b)
June 2007
Vera Rihácková

Abstract
The following article looks at several elements of both the current academic and public/political debate on how to solve the perceived legitimacy problem of the EU supranational component, embodied by the European Commission, by enhancing the input legitimacy; and at its criticism. It suggests that a combined approach of politicization and legitimacy by effectiveness, efficiency and credibility, represented by the decentralized agencies delivering regulatory policies, is underdeveloped in the debate.