1: Introduction; 2: Social solidarity in the Delors period: barriers to participation; 3: Reconciling suprastatism and accountability: a view from Sweden; 4: A Europe of the peoples? – New Labour and democratizing the EU; 5: How democratic is the European Parliament?; 6: Controlling Monetary Union; 7: Eastern enlargement and democracy; 8: Democratization: a constitutionalizing process; 9: Democratizing the EU: evidence and argument