You read my post like a criticism of EU, which it isnt > I don't agree, partly because I don't share your view that democratic control and structure is "poor".

You read my post like a criticism of EU, which it isnt > I don't agree, partly because I don't share your view that democratic control and structure is "poor". Current democratic control is mostly sufficient for what the EU is today : a union of independent countries. But this control is not enough at all if we wanted the EU to become a government with executive power. > That is by design, not a mistake. I never implied it was a mistake, neither that it was a bad thing.