Comment by surgical_fire

We can't elect a single official to reverse and destroy decades of work without any parliamentary debate, I guess that makes EU non democratic as opposed to the brilliant US example.

It's a very often repeated criticism of the EU. While it's member states are democratic, the EU Parlament is kinda it's own thing.

I personally still consider it somewhat democratic, as we so have votes (even though they have horrendous voter participate) - but it's not a niche opinion.