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by 3836293648 799 days ago
They're socially detached. Yes, people vote for them; no, people do absolutely not follow anything the EU does until it reaches national parliaments.
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This socially qualifier completely changes the original meaning.

One might argue that even national governments that are directly elected are socially detached from the general population.

That is in my opinion a fault of society rather than fault of governments. If you don't care about politics, you are doomed to be ruled by those that do.