Professor Christopher Lord Department of Politics University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9JT Email: bs239922@skynet.be Professeur Paul Magnette Institut d’Etudes Européennes Campus du Solbosch Université Libre de Bruxelles Avenue FD Roosevelt 50 1050 Bruxelles Email: pmagnet@ulb.ac.be Notes Towards a General Theory of Legitimacy in the European Union Christopher Lord and Paul Magnette WORKING PAPER 39/02