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PAIS researcher Lucy Hatton was interviewed live on Sky News on Wednesday 25 May about the European Parliament and the upcoming EU referendum. Related to her PhD research, which considered issues of participation and democracy in the EU, Lucy was invited to discuss the role of the European Parliament in EU democracy and its impact on the UK.

Asked about the idea that the European Parliament imposes laws on the British people, Lucy highlighted that British citizens are represented in the European Parliament by their directly elected MEPs, who have as much influence over decisions made in the Parliament as MEPs from any other EU member state. She added that it is therefore difficult to understand the use of the term 'impose' unless it is also suggested that the British Parliament imposes its laws on parts of the UK.

Lucy, who is also an Early Career Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies here at Warwick, will be appearing on the panel at PAIS's EU Referendum Debate on 6 June (for more information on the debate, see the web page here). She is also blogging about the EU referendum at https://eurefwithlucy.wordpress.com/ .