Democracy and national representation are baked into the EU system because there are no European parties participating in European elections - there are national parties that participate in European elections held at the national level. So the EU government is formed by dozens of national parties.
MihneaWe should stop talking of "Europe" and "Brussels" like its a monolith and see the concrete coalitions and networks of power. The EU is not an anthropomorphized entity but institutions filled with political actors