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A Bicameral Legislature for the European Union
This essay argues that the European Union should replace its current legislative order with a bicameral Parliament of the European Union: a Chamber of Representatives for popular representation and a Senate for state representation. In a federal Union, popular and state representation should take distinct institutional forms, both chambers should stand on equal footing in ordinary legislation, both should have the power to introduce laws, and state representation should be exercised through a legislative chamber rather than by national ministers acting inside the legislature.
