{"id":522504,"date":"2024-02-23T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/?p=522504"},"modified":"2025-12-13T22:54:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T21:54:19","slug":"the-european-union-cannot-tolerate-direct-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/policy\/france\/the-european-union-cannot-tolerate-direct-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00abThe European Union cannot tolerate direct democracy\u00bb.\u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='content_excerpt'>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\"><strong>Even within a theoretically democratic institution, the European Union, direct democracy is not short of enemies, according to Ghislain Benhessa. Interview with the Strasbourg lawyer about his latest essay, <\/strong><strong>How to silence the people. The impossible referendum<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (more...)\n    <div class='restricted_content_fade'><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <style>\n    .content_excerpt{\n      position: relative;\n    }\n    .content_excerpt .restricted_content_fade{\n      position: absolute;\n      bottom: 0;\n      left: 0;\n      right: 0;\n      height: 75px;\n\t  margin-bottom: 0px;\n      background-image: linear-gradient(#ffffff2e, white);\n    }\n\n    .restricted_content{\n      margin-top: 30px;\n      border: solid #dddddd 1px;\n      border-radius: 7px;\n      padding: 30px;\n    }\n    \n    .restricted_content .restricted_content_title{\n      font-size: 22px;\n      font-weight: 600;\n    }\n    .restricted_content .restricted_content_flex_row{\n      display: flex;\n      flex-direction: row;\n    }\n    .restricted_content .restricted_content_image_container{\n      flex: 3;\n    }\n    .restricted_content .restricted_content_flex_column{\n      flex: 4;\n      display: flex;\n      flex-direction: column;\n      margin-left: 40px;\n      justify-content: center;\n    }\n\n\n    .restricted_content_buttons{\n      display: flex;\n      flex-direction: column;\n      width: min-content;\n    }\n    .restricted_content_button{\n      background-color: #f2f2f2;\n      text-transform: uppercase;\n      font-weight: 600;\n      padding: 8px 40px;\n      text-align: center;\n      font-size: 13px;\n      margin-top: 10px;\n      width: max-content;\n      width: 100%;\n      white-space: nowrap;\n    }\n    .restricted_content_button:hover {\n      background-color: #111111;\n      color: white;\n      text-decoration: none !important;\n    }\n\n    .restricted_content_primary_button{\n      background-color: #1F2A68 !important;\n      color: white !important;\n    }\n    .restricted_content_primary_button:hover {\n      background-color: #111111;\n    }\n\n    .restricted_content_text{\n      margin-bottom: 10px;\n      line-height: 1.2;\n      font-weight: 500;\n      font-size: 16px;\n    }\n\n  \n  <\/style>\n  <div class='restricted_content'>\n    <h3 class='restricted_content_title'>This content is reserved for our subscribers.<\/h3>\n    <div class='restricted_content_flex_row'>\n      <div class='restricted_content_image_container'>\n        <img class='restricted_content_image' src='\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/abo_physique.png' \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class='restricted_content_flex_column'>\n        <div class='restricted_content_text'>If you have an account, please log in. Otherwise, discover our different subscription packages and create an account from CHF 2.50 for the first month.<\/div>\n        <div class='restricted_content_buttons'>\n          <a href='\/en\/subscription\/' class='restricted_content_button restricted_content_primary_button'>See subscriptions<\/a><a href='\/en\/my-account\/?redirect_to=https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/policy\/france\/the-european-union-cannot-tolerate-direct-democracy\/'class='restricted_content_button'>Login<\/a><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class='content_excerpt'>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\"><strong>Even within a theoretically democratic institution, the European Union, direct democracy is not short of enemies, according to Ghislain Benhessa. Interview with the Strasbourg lawyer about his latest essay, <\/strong><strong>How to silence the people. The impossible referendum<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p> (more...)<\/p>\n<div class='restricted_content_fade'><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n    .content_excerpt{\n      position: relative;\n    }\n    .content_excerpt .restricted_content_fade{\n      position: absolute;\n      bottom: 0;\n      left: 0;\n      right: 0;\n      height: 75px;\n\t  margin-bottom: 0px;\n      background-image: linear-gradient(#ffffff2e, white);\n    }<\/p>\n<p>    .restricted_content{\n      margin-top: 30px;\n      border: solid #dddddd 1px;\n      border-radius: 7px;\n      padding: 30px;\n    }<\/p>\n<p>    .restricted_content .restricted_content_title{\n      font-size: 22px;\n      font-weight: 600;\n    }\n    .restricted_content .restricted_content_flex_row{\n      display: flex;\n      flex-direction: row;\n    }\n    .restricted_content .restricted_content_image_container{\n      flex: 3;\n    }\n    .restricted_content .restricted_content_flex_column{\n      flex: 4;\n      display: flex;\n      flex-direction: column;\n      margin-left: 40px;\n      justify-content: center;\n    }<\/p>\n<p>    .restricted_content_buttons{\n      display: flex;\n      flex-direction: column;\n      width: min-content;\n    }\n    .restricted_content_button{\n      background-color: #f2f2f2;\n      text-transform: uppercase;\n      font-weight: 600;\n      padding: 8px 40px;\n      text-align: center;\n      font-size: 13px;\n      margin-top: 10px;\n      width: max-content;\n      width: 100%;\n      white-space: nowrap;\n    }\n    .restricted_content_button:hover {\n      background-color: #111111;\n      color: white;\n      text-decoration: none !important;\n    }<\/p>\n<p>    .restricted_content_primary_button{\n      background-color: #1F2A68 !important;\n      color: white !important;\n    }\n    .restricted_content_primary_button:hover {\n      background-color: #111111;\n    }<\/p>\n<p>    .restricted_content_text{\n      margin-bottom: 10px;\n      line-height: 1.2;\n      font-weight: 500;\n      font-size: 16px;\n    }<\/p>\n<\/style>\n<div class='restricted_content'>\n<h3 class='restricted_content_title'>This content is reserved for our subscribers.<\/h3>\n<div class='restricted_content_flex_row'>\n<div class='restricted_content_image_container'>\n        <img class='restricted_content_image' src='\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/abo_physique.png' \/>\n      <\/div>\n<div class='restricted_content_flex_column'>\n<div class='restricted_content_text'>If you have an account, please log in. Otherwise, discover our different subscription packages and create an account from CHF 2.50 for the first month.<\/div>\n<div class='restricted_content_buttons'>\n          <a href='\/en\/subscription\/' class='restricted_content_button restricted_content_primary_button'>See subscriptions<\/a><a href='\/en\/my-account\/?redirect_to=https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/policy\/france\/the-european-union-cannot-tolerate-direct-democracy\/'class='restricted_content_button'>Login<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":522511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[644357280],"tags":[61440,11788],"class_list":["post-522504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-france","tag-democratie","tag-interviews","membership-content","access-restricted"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u00abL\u2019Union europ\u00e9enne ne peut pas tol\u00e9rer la d\u00e9mocratie directe\u00bb<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"L&#039;avocat strasbourgeois Ghislain Benhessa estime que la d\u00e9mocratie directe ne manque pas d\u2019ennemis. Et que l\u2019UE en fait partie. Entretien.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/policy\/france\/the-european-union-cannot-tolerate-direct-democracy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u00abL\u2019Union europ\u00e9enne ne peut pas tol\u00e9rer la d\u00e9mocratie directe\u00bb\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"L&#039;avocat strasbourgeois Ghislain Benhessa estime que la d\u00e9mocratie directe ne manque pas d\u2019ennemis. Et que l\u2019UE en fait partie. Entretien.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/policy\/france\/the-european-union-cannot-tolerate-direct-democracy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Le Regard Libre\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/leregardlibre\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-02-23T05:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-13T21:54:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ghislain-benhessa-noir-et-blanc--dr-e1708615186656.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1369\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"771\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Antoine-Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Bernhard\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@LeRegardLibre\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@LeRegardLibre\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Antoine-Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Bernhard\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"9 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/politique\\\/france\\\/lunion-europeenne-ne-peut-pas-tolerer-la-democratie-directe\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/politique\\\/france\\\/lunion-europeenne-ne-peut-pas-tolerer-la-democratie-directe\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Antoine-Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Bernhard\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7327cb849d1f776e73450746adbbd5ec\"},\"headline\":\"\u00abL\u2019Union europ\u00e9enne ne peut pas tol\u00e9rer la d\u00e9mocratie directe\u00bb\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-23T05:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-13T21:54:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/politique\\\/france\\\/lunion-europeenne-ne-peut-pas-tolerer-la-democratie-directe\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1879,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/politique\\\/france\\\/lunion-europeenne-ne-peut-pas-tolerer-la-democratie-directe\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/ghislain-benhessa-noir-et-blanc--dr-e1708615186656.png\",\"keywords\":[\"D\u00e9mocratie\",\"Interview\"],\"articleSection\":[\"France\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/politique\\\/france\\\/lunion-europeenne-ne-peut-pas-tolerer-la-democratie-directe\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/politique\\\/france\\\/lunion-europeenne-ne-peut-pas-tolerer-la-democratie-directe\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/politique\\\/france\\\/lunion-europeenne-ne-peut-pas-tolerer-la-democratie-directe\\\/\",\"name\":\"\u00abL\u2019Union europ\u00e9enne ne peut pas tol\u00e9rer la d\u00e9mocratie directe\u00bb\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/politique\\\/france\\\/lunion-europeenne-ne-peut-pas-tolerer-la-democratie-directe\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/politique\\\/france\\\/lunion-europeenne-ne-peut-pas-tolerer-la-democratie-directe\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/ghislain-benhessa-noir-et-blanc--dr-e1708615186656.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-23T05:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-13T21:54:19+00:00\",\"description\":\"L'avocat strasbourgeois Ghislain Benhessa estime que la d\u00e9mocratie directe ne manque pas d\u2019ennemis. Et que l\u2019UE en fait partie. Entretien.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/politique\\\/france\\\/lunion-europeenne-ne-peut-pas-tolerer-la-democratie-directe\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/politique\\\/france\\\/lunion-europeenne-ne-peut-pas-tolerer-la-democratie-directe\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/politique\\\/france\\\/lunion-europeenne-ne-peut-pas-tolerer-la-democratie-directe\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/ghislain-benhessa-noir-et-blanc--dr-e1708615186656.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/ghislain-benhessa-noir-et-blanc--dr-e1708615186656.png\",\"width\":1369,\"height\":771,\"caption\":\"Ghislain Benhessa \u00a9 DR\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/politique\\\/france\\\/lunion-europeenne-ne-peut-pas-tolerer-la-democratie-directe\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Accueil\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"\u00abL\u2019Union europ\u00e9enne ne peut pas tol\u00e9rer la d\u00e9mocratie directe\u00bb\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Le Regard Libre\",\"description\":\"Premier mensuel suisse de d\u00e9bat\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Le Regard Libre\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/logo-rl-icone-neg.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/logo-rl-icone-neg.jpeg\",\"width\":557,\"height\":556,\"caption\":\"Le Regard Libre\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/leregardlibre\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/LeRegardLibre\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/le-regard-libre\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/leregardlibre\\\/\",\"http:\\\/\\\/t.me\\\/leregardlibre\",\"https:\\\/\\\/youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UC6HzGPomj1LsUmlz-sJtITQ\"],\"description\":\"Le Regard Libre est un mensuel suisse de d\u00e9bat intellectuel et culturel. Sa r\u00e9daction est jeune, b\u00e9n\u00e9vole, lib\u00e9rale et pluraliste. Le magazine para\u00eet en ligne et sous forme papier. Sa langue est le fran\u00e7ais.\",\"email\":\"redaction@leregardlibre.com\",\"legalName\":\"Le Regard Libre\",\"foundingDate\":\"2014-01-01\",\"numberOfEmployees\":{\"@type\":\"QuantitativeValue\",\"minValue\":\"11\",\"maxValue\":\"50\"},\"publishingPrinciples\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/a-propos\\\/notre-manifeste\\\/\",\"ownershipFundingInfo\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/mentions-legales\\\/\",\"actionableFeedbackPolicy\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/conditions-generales-de-vente\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7327cb849d1f776e73450746adbbd5ec\",\"name\":\"Antoine-Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Bernhard\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/dbf3a1f28b5046d2ceac68805f55a49ac6e351da06bc6e78ae9c0dce9188ea73?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/dbf3a1f28b5046d2ceac68805f55a49ac6e351da06bc6e78ae9c0dce9188ea73?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/dbf3a1f28b5046d2ceac68805f55a49ac6e351da06bc6e78ae9c0dce9188ea73?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Antoine-Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Bernhard\"},\"description\":\"Journaliste ind\u00e9pendant et \u00e9tudiant en philosophie, Antoine-Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Bernhard est le r\u00e9dacteur en chef adjoint du Regard Libre.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/fr.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Le_Regard_libre\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leregardlibre.com\\\/en\\\/author\\\/antoine-bernhard\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"\u00abThe European Union cannot tolerate direct democracy\u00bb.\u00bb","description":"Strasbourg lawyer Ghislain Benhessa believes that direct democracy has no shortage of enemies. And that the EU is one of them. Interview.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/policy\/france\/the-european-union-cannot-tolerate-direct-democracy\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"\u00abL\u2019Union europ\u00e9enne ne peut pas tol\u00e9rer la d\u00e9mocratie directe\u00bb","og_description":"L'avocat strasbourgeois Ghislain Benhessa estime que la d\u00e9mocratie directe ne manque pas d\u2019ennemis. Et que l\u2019UE en fait partie. Entretien.","og_url":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/policy\/france\/the-european-union-cannot-tolerate-direct-democracy\/","og_site_name":"Le Regard Libre","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/leregardlibre\/","article_published_time":"2024-02-23T05:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-12-13T21:54:19+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1369,"height":771,"url":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ghislain-benhessa-noir-et-blanc--dr-e1708615186656.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Antoine-Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Bernhard","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@LeRegardLibre","twitter_site":"@LeRegardLibre","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Antoine-Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Bernhard","Est. reading time":"9 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/politique\/france\/lunion-europeenne-ne-peut-pas-tolerer-la-democratie-directe\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/politique\/france\/lunion-europeenne-ne-peut-pas-tolerer-la-democratie-directe\/"},"author":{"name":"Antoine-Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Bernhard","@id":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/#\/schema\/person\/7327cb849d1f776e73450746adbbd5ec"},"headline":"\u00abL\u2019Union europ\u00e9enne ne peut pas tol\u00e9rer la d\u00e9mocratie directe\u00bb","datePublished":"2024-02-23T05:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-12-13T21:54:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/politique\/france\/lunion-europeenne-ne-peut-pas-tolerer-la-democratie-directe\/"},"wordCount":1879,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/politique\/france\/lunion-europeenne-ne-peut-pas-tolerer-la-democratie-directe\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ghislain-benhessa-noir-et-blanc--dr-e1708615186656.png","keywords":["D\u00e9mocratie","Interview"],"articleSection":["France"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/politique\/france\/lunion-europeenne-ne-peut-pas-tolerer-la-democratie-directe\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/politique\/france\/lunion-europeenne-ne-peut-pas-tolerer-la-democratie-directe\/","url":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/politique\/france\/lunion-europeenne-ne-peut-pas-tolerer-la-democratie-directe\/","name":"\u00abThe European Union cannot tolerate direct democracy\u00bb.\u00bb","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/politique\/france\/lunion-europeenne-ne-peut-pas-tolerer-la-democratie-directe\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/politique\/france\/lunion-europeenne-ne-peut-pas-tolerer-la-democratie-directe\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ghislain-benhessa-noir-et-blanc--dr-e1708615186656.png","datePublished":"2024-02-23T05:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-12-13T21:54:19+00:00","description":"Strasbourg lawyer Ghislain Benhessa believes that direct democracy has no shortage of enemies. And that the EU is one of them. Interview.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/politique\/france\/lunion-europeenne-ne-peut-pas-tolerer-la-democratie-directe\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/politique\/france\/lunion-europeenne-ne-peut-pas-tolerer-la-democratie-directe\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/politique\/france\/lunion-europeenne-ne-peut-pas-tolerer-la-democratie-directe\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ghislain-benhessa-noir-et-blanc--dr-e1708615186656.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ghislain-benhessa-noir-et-blanc--dr-e1708615186656.png","width":1369,"height":771,"caption":"Ghislain Benhessa \u00a9 DR"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/politique\/france\/lunion-europeenne-ne-peut-pas-tolerer-la-democratie-directe\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Accueil","item":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"\u00abL\u2019Union europ\u00e9enne ne peut pas tol\u00e9rer la d\u00e9mocratie directe\u00bb"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/","name":"Le Regard Libre","description":"Switzerland's first monthly debate magazine","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/#organization","name":"Le Regard Libre","url":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/logo-rl-icone-neg.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/logo-rl-icone-neg.jpeg","width":557,"height":556,"caption":"Le Regard Libre"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/leregardlibre\/","https:\/\/x.com\/LeRegardLibre","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/le-regard-libre","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/leregardlibre\/","http:\/\/t.me\/leregardlibre","https:\/\/youtube.com\/channel\/UC6HzGPomj1LsUmlz-sJtITQ"],"description":"Le Regard Libre is a Swiss monthly magazine for intellectual and cultural debate. Its editorial team is young, voluntary, liberal and pluralist. The magazine appears online and in print. Its language is French.","email":"redaction@leregardlibre.com","legalName":"Le Regard Libre","foundingDate":"2014-01-01","numberOfEmployees":{"@type":"QuantitativeValue","minValue":"11","maxValue":"50"},"publishingPrinciples":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/a-propos\/notre-manifeste\/","ownershipFundingInfo":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/mentions-legales\/","actionableFeedbackPolicy":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/conditions-generales-de-vente\/"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/#\/schema\/person\/7327cb849d1f776e73450746adbbd5ec","name":"Antoine-Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Bernhard","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dbf3a1f28b5046d2ceac68805f55a49ac6e351da06bc6e78ae9c0dce9188ea73?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dbf3a1f28b5046d2ceac68805f55a49ac6e351da06bc6e78ae9c0dce9188ea73?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dbf3a1f28b5046d2ceac68805f55a49ac6e351da06bc6e78ae9c0dce9188ea73?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","caption":"Antoine-Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Bernhard"},"description":"A freelance journalist and philosophy student, Antoine-Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Bernhard is deputy editor-in-chief of Regard Libre.","sameAs":["https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Le_Regard_libre"],"url":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/author\/antoine-bernhard\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522504"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":522514,"href":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522504\/revisions\/522514"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}