The problem with power is that you never get enough of it, and having a massive machine like the EU populated with people elected by no other merit other than n

The problem with power is that you never get enough of it, and having a massive machine like the EU populated with people elected by no other merit other than nepotism was always doomed to become a tyranny or a failure. It just takes a few decades until it becomes noticeable (like the growing anti-EU sentiment amongst member states).