You are correct, I forgot to consider they dysfunctional first-past-the-post voting system. Even so, while that gives the EU better chances at real democracy, t

You are correct, I forgot to consider they dysfunctional first-past-the-post voting system. Even so, while that gives the EU better chances at real democracy, there are still many ways to interfere with popular will, so one cannot dismiss all criticism with "well they got the votes".