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In light of claims of a democratic and symbolic deficit, this chapter critically assesses the EC’s enduring normative impetus. It refutes the critique that the EU suffers from a symbolic deficit. On the contrary, it argues that the surge in demagogic Euroskepticism is among other things a response to the EU’s symbolic overload.
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Krumrey, J. (2018). Epilogue: Symbolic Surplus and Democratic Deficit. In: The Symbolic Politics of European Integration . Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68133-7_10
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