"democracy" in the EU - A lesson for the US

again, from The Brussel's Journal (which the Belgian government is trying to shut down:

Commission Running Scared of the People: Good
From the desk of Elaib Harvey on Tue, 2007-06-12 23:07

Jose Manuel Barroso today called on Tony Blair to “stand up against public opinion” and have the “courage to ignore populism,” in relation to the forthcoming EU Council summit in Brussels. At the summit next week it is planned that the Heads of Government of the EU 27 to sign a ‘heads of agreement’ on the new Constitution.

This is one of their favourite terms. If it so happens that what they have to say has the support of the public, our elites will tell us that they have democratic legitimacy. However if public opinion is in opposition to their plans it is nothing more than ‘populism.’

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In the same way Bush and the American elite are trying to ignore popular opinion and open our borders, the democrat's ignored their own party's mandate and support the Iraq war - this is 'democracy' in action - we have a elite that is doing what they want, when they want because they have manipulated the system enough where effectively voting does not matter -and paradoxically - they try to encourage such voter apathy which even further consolidates their power.
The serious question now is what to do about it.