Does the European Union Need More Democracy： a Reconsideration of ＂Democratic Deficit＂ and a New Analysis Framework

There has been a long-standing debate on the European Union's democratic deficit. The issue was even more complicated today during the hard time of the European crises. However,a no-solution predicament inevitably emerged under the traditional democratic deficit paradigm. This article proposed a new perspective regarding democracy and a new analysis framework to check the EU's institutional arrangement,under which the EU's democratic issue could be acceptably addressed.