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  • This paper examines the connection between public opinion and policy change, asking to what extent the level of public support for European intergation and specific EU policies serves to explain changes in the volume of European legislation across time. Past research has established a link between public opinion and policy, with the European public responding to the volume of EC/EU legislation. This paper confirms that linkage over a longer time period and investigates the other half of the reciprocal link: Do the decisions of the European Union reflect the wishes of the European public? We employ data from Eurobarometer surveys conducted between 1978 and 2009. Additionally, we use data from the Official Journal of the EU for the same time period to classify legislation into policy fields. We find evidence that EU policymakers do respond to EU public opinion to some extent, but only with regard to specific policy areas, whereas what European public opinion responds to is the overall level of EU legislative activity. So there is a substantial disjuncture between what the public sees and what policymakers hear. Thus, while there is evidence of representation, a democratic deficit remains. (xsd:string)
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  • Deaf leading the blind : the paradoxical mismatch between dynamic representation and thermostatic responsiveness in the EU (xsd:string)
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