Sadly the structure of the EU makes it very likely that they will have success. The culture war around Brexit makes admitting it difficult for some, but it was

Sadly the structure of the EU makes it very likely that they will have success. The culture war around Brexit makes admitting it difficult for some, but it was always known and not even denied that there are democratic deficits at the core of the EU institutions and reform was always promised. But now being in a union with people completely denying these problems is difficult to accept. But the most obvious problem is that it is a central administration where special interests have it much easier to influence large markets. This would be almost impossible if they need to convince every single parliament. Meanwhile commoners nearly have no voice aside a very passive one with voting. For the same reason businesses prefer to have as few suppliers as possible, they also prefer to have as few legislators they need to influence. We created a single point of failure without too much benefit. Some dream of a European Federation. I see more disadvantages than advantages here, even if forming of block that can assert power towards China or the US. Ireland hosts a lot of foreign companies in Europe simply due to tax advantages. This made cities like Dublin highly relevant and is a good strategy for the country. Of course it will also try to support with other means. But it also means that societies don't collect much tax from an industry worth billions and such efforts will undermine the values that the EU set out to protect against allegedly larger dangers. For me personally the EU has been very expensive and I don't see anyone that would argue in my favor to not be exploited to finance ideological ambitions.