national governments can just choose to leave the EU treaty if they don't like it That's like saying living in a dictatorship is not a "democratic deficit" as

national governments can just choose to leave the EU treaty if they don't like it That's like saying living in a dictatorship is not a "democratic deficit" as long as you are free to emigrate. Which individual issue can you say a national government would choose to rather leave the EU than acquiesce on? just because the system is not entirely undemocratic does not mean it is perfect. While directives originally had to be agreed upon unanimously by all member countries, this is no longer the case. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Lisbon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Lisbon: "Prominent changes included the move from required unanimity to double majority voting in several policy areas in the Council of Ministers."