In general yes, but all democracies have this guiding principle, including the EU, where small nations have much more electoral power per capita than larger nat

In general yes, but all democracies have this guiding principle, including the EU, where small nations have much more electoral power per capita than larger nations. For example, each Maltese member of the European Parliament is elected by 90,000 voters in Malta. Each German member is elected by ~878,000 voters in German, meaning each Maltese citizen has about 10x more power than each German citizen. In this case, the German "bloc" is still vastly more powerful, but the disproportionate representation is important to ensure the loyalty of small nations, who are always incentivized to navigate much narrower interests.