Decisions made by the European Parliament such as this are a welcome reminder of the democratic basis on which the EU is founded. However, until the Parliament actually has a concrete say as regards the direction in which the Union is headed (and not simply token power over, frankly, peripheral issues such as ACTA) then the EU will continue to be dictated to by the leaders of the major European powers and run by an unaccountable Commission.



This version of democracy will not be sufficient for a fully-functioning political union (necessary for the survival of the Eurozone and possibly the EU itself), let alone sufficient to warrant the support of European citizens.