Vivien Schmidt

In this lecture, Vivien Schmidt will define democracy and legitimacy, discuss it's split-level nature in the EU and detail the processes of Eurozone governance that led to deteriorating economic performance and the rise of populism. In this lecture, Vivien Schmidt will define democracy and legitimacy, discuss it's split-level nature in the EU and detail the processes of Eurozone governance that led to deteriorating economic performance and the rise of populism.

Introduction Experts have over the years produced countless policy briefs, reports and documents in efforts to influence policy-makers' decisions about EU economic policy and governance. In a special category are the expert reports officially commissioned by EU institutional actors.