What Europe needs.(Review) From: The Economist (US) | Date: August 19, 2000 | COPYRIGHT 2000 Economist Newspaper Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

DEMOCRACY IN EUROPE. By Larry Siedentop. Allen Lane, The Penguin Press; 272 pages; Pounds18.99

Europe's true weakness is a lack of democratic legitimacy. So argues a forthright new book by a supporter of closer European union

NO ONE could accuse Larry Siedentop of lacking nerve. By calling his book "Democracy in Europe" he is at once inviting comparisons with, and perhaps hoping for comparisons to, Alexis de Tocqueville's "Democracy in America". Still, the ti...

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