As mentioned above, the EU is the first of its kind; so it's natural that there are some problems. The EU's first big problem is its legitimacy. The European Union “still lacks widespread support and legitimacy among European citizens”. (page 315) This could be caused by the “democratic deficit” that has formed in the EU. The European Union is often accused of having institutions and operations that are too remote and “inaccessible to ordinary citizens” (315). Voter turnout in the latest European Parliament elections recorded "43 percent of those entitled to vote" (315), the lowest ever. This movement has been called “Euroscepticism”, described as an opposition to the process of European integration. According to the BBC, Eurosceptics in the European Parliament have more than “doubled their representation [as] around a third of the 751 MEPs are Eurosceptics” (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-28107633). . One of the main reasons for this “Eurosceptic” movement is the economic issues that arose during the recession of 2009 and 2011. Europe, like the United States, was hit particularly hard by this crisis and many flaws emerged in the EU economic system. The main problem lay in the common currency of the Euro. Countries with weak economies could not print more money to “devalue their currency to pay their debts and make their exports more competitive.” Since the German economy “still functioned reasonably well, the value of the euro did not fall enough to boost the weaker economies of southern Europe” (314). This led to countries like Greece and Spain being bailed out by the European Central Bank, but in return they were forced to impose harsh austerity measures that led to “a skyrocketing unemployment rate that reached over 25%” ( 314). Riots