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This week, AK EUROPA and the ÖGB Europabüro, the Brussels office of the Austrian Trade Union Federation, hosted a panel discussion concerning the conflict between democracy and technocracy. According to many, the trend towards outsourcing sovereign supervisory competencies to independent agencies - for example in the energy or railway sector - means a weakening of democratic control. Apart from the studys author, Dr. Konrad Lachmayer, the Executive Director of E-Control, Martin Graf, Monika tajnarová of BEUC, the European Consumer Organisation and Edith Hofer of the European Commission also participated in the discussion.
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