This is a very important point. Democracy is really lacking at a European level, and a large part of that is that the Parliament has almost no real power. Whet

This is a very important point. Democracy is really lacking at a European level, and a large part of that is that the Parliament has almost no real power. Whether it is sufficient to give the EU Parliament real power is questionable, but if the EU is to become a proper democracy, then giving real power to the parliament is at least necessary.