> Out of curiosity, how has "EU is telling us what to do" affected these people to make them so angry? The one area that EU is failing behind is convincing it'

> Out of curiosity, how has "EU is telling us what to do" affected these people to make them so angry? The one area that EU is failing behind is convincing it's own citizens that EU is well functioning democracy working for their common interest. There are many reasons for this. EU institutions are transparent but due to complexity they are seen as opposite by many ordinary citizens. European Parliament elections attract usually significantly lower interest then national or local elections. Some EU institutional mechanisms have so many checks and balances that they seem to be completely beyond control of ordinary voters. So it is easy to perceive EU as large Brussels-based, tax-distributing and self-serving bureaucracy conspiring to take away our freedoms and tax money. And many politicians capitalize on that. Edit: Personally I am also not a fan of politicians like Jean-Claude Juncker or Donald Tusk. But I still prefer them over likes of Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin or Comrade Eleven.