Still in Deficit: Rights, Regulation and Democracy in the EU
3) To the extent a consensus exists on rights or the public interest it is because it
reflects the majority view of a demos. ..... [34] Redistribution is a zero-sum game.
..... democracies more generally (European Governance: A White Paper
Commission of the European Communities, Brussels 25.7.2001, Com (2001) 428
, p. 3).