nce of regulatory agencies is still in an embryonic stage compared to the United States, it is a clear example of how political decision-making bodies are relieved of complicated problems by expert bodies.Division in accompanies EU already from the beginning; the Single European Act consisted of three separate and distinct parts. The Maastricht Treaty officially partitioned the EU into three pillars, without counting the other sub-systems of the EU (Schengen or the European Monetary System). At present, it is doubtful whether conventional constitutions for a policy, even federal ones, are able to deal with such a degree of interdependent heterogeneity. It is also quite interesting how EU deals with the democracy and legitimacy issue. Democracy is understood as the institutionalization of a set of procedures for the control of governance that guarantees the participation of those who are governed in the adoption of collectively binding decisions. Legitimacy means a generalized degree of trust of the addressees of these decisions towards the political system (Majone 1994). Although all the member countries governmants are considered democratic and legitimate it does not necessary implies that models of democracy developed in the national context could be transferred to the European Union and that a political strategy based on such a transfer would lead to a more democratic EU and to an increase in its legitimacy. The necessity of democracy in the EU can be justified only through that each system of governance takes collectively binding decisions and thus at least potentially intervenes massively into the lives of people. For this reason, all have to have a voice in the system and a chance to change the course of events. This is very important for the highly decentralized system of the EU where decisions are frequently taken by unanimous decision and where capacities for implementation and sanctions are weak. In such a situation, democracy...
