&gt;One of the biggest arguments for the UK leaving the EU is that the EU has become a vast bureaucracy that is remote, bloated, undemocratic, disconnected from the people etc.<p>Except the EU isn&#x27;t that big, about 33,000 staff [1]. I also seem to remember voting in EU elections so it&#x27;s hard to call it undemocratic.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;ec.europa.eu&#x2F;civil_service&#x2F;docs&#x2F;hr_key_figures_2016.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;ec.europa.eu&#x2F;civil_service&#x2F;docs&#x2F;hr_key_figures_2016.p...</a>