>>In a democracy, there are elections where the people voice their opinions and then the elected carry out the policies expressed during the vote. That would b

>>In a democracy, there are elections where the people voice their opinions and then the elected carry out the policies expressed during the vote. That would be a democratically elected representative republic, not a democracy. The EU is not a democracy any more than the US is a democracy, there are democratic elements but it is not a democracy. This is the fundamental lie people tell themselves, that we (either the EU or the US) live in a democracy. We dont. > Maybe citizens should make a lobbying fund to fight on the public's behalf ? here in the US we have many such organizations, they are often demonized as well for being "special interest" and are point to as example of problem with "money in politics"