The EU is a covered dictatorship, with huge amounts of laws, bureaucracy, and behemoth structure that cannot be pressured or influenced anymore, this is how they are able to continue doing targetted required initiative like the defense laws that will print record euros to supposedly counter a direct threat from Russia. No voting or debate, just pass it through. Meanwhile in the mud pits any talk of pressure to aleviate tax burden, or remove draconian surveillance laws are stuck decades.