PERSPECTIVE DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS MAKE EUROPEAN ELECTIONS MORE MEANINGFUL How to Reinforce Parliamentary Democracy at the EU Level The large degree of insti­­tu­tional entanglement and a very consensual political culture weaken account­­a­bility at the EU level and make European Parliament elec­tions less meaningful. To reinforce European parliamentary democracy, it is necessary to make Euro­pean elections more conse­quential and to increase the scope of majoritarian deci­sion-making in the EU. Manuel Müller July 2020 This implies short and long­term reforms regarding the ­European electoral system, the parliamentarisation of the European Commission, and a more transparent and efficient legislative procedure.