… The political development of the European Union has now reached the point where … citizens
of Europe are confronted with constitutional choices that raise issues of fundamental political …

… enhance EU legitimacy by expanding the political opportunity … EU constitutional order, with
particular regard for citizenship … These chapters expand the criteria for democratic legitimacy …

… of the European Union has led to questions about its legitimacy, … legitimacy, this Article
argues that they are fundamentally misguided as premised on inappropriate models of legitimacy …

… Philosophi cal arguments in Western political theory about this key issue have rarely been a
… of normative validity and legitimation will be able to ensure citizen support and loyalty to its …

… political theory has responded to this legitimacy crisis by means of normative reasoning
addressing concepts, arguments and theories … Contingent Compliance occurs22 when a citizen …

… European citizenship might have promoted the development of a political community of the
European Union. … , the growing together of a political community depends at least as much on …

… political theory notwithstanding.Negative responses to the Treaty on European Union agreed
… relevant for when citizen have a political obligation to obey legitimate institutions. Citizens …

… Political theory is different from objectivistic Soziographie. … legitimacy based upon the
treaties is just a background element of political legitimacy; but it remains subject to the theoretical …

… and the political theory that paradigmatically goes with it is that of John Locke. The rule of law
sets normative limits on political … citizenship just as much as it does democratic legitimation …

… based community premised on social and cultural citizenship… -national union, based on a
full-fledged political citizenship.… : 'the European Union derives its legitimacy from the democratic …