The Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) organized a public discussion entitled “The Democratic Deficit in the EU and the participation of European Citizens in EU’s Policies”. The speakers were Mr. Elias Nikolakopoulos (Professor at the University of Athens), Manolis Kottakis (Journalist at the newspaper “Apogevmatini” and the news channel “NET”) and George Kapopoulos (Journalist at the newspaper “Imerisia” and the news channel “NET”). Ierotheos Papadopoulos (Office of the European Commission in Greece) was the commentator and Professor Loukas Tsoukalis (President of the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy-ELIAMEP) moderated the discussion.