EUs Organization?

Erixon commonly concludes, as many others, that there is a democracy-deficit in the EU organization. Today he concludes:

Dick Erixon — I hjärtat rebell: "Inte förrän EU börjar arbeta enligt traditionella demokratiska principer för styrelseskick — det vill säga där man antingen har parlamentarism (riksdagen tillsätter regeringen) eller maktdelning (som USA där presidentens förslag granskas öppet av majoritet och opposition i kongressen) — kommer vi att få en debatt och mediebevakning värd namnet."

The question I would have in this respect is if the EU really can be treated as a traditional organization. There are 27 different states and 23 different languages and cultures. The organization of the EU must be considered as an experiment. There is no manual. Research on this novel organization is important.

Asking for the same function as for example Sweden or the US is not really relevant. When I began thinking about this I went through a phase where the solution was a common language, which would be English as a second language. I read in Swedish media with pleasure that the government is planning to introduce English in first grade. This would probably result in proper English knowledge for most citizens. An important question, however, is how the Germans feel about this?

The cultural differences are still there, however, and everyone has their own history book. I believe the problem is nationalism, rather than an organizational deficit. People don't realize how important it is to form the EU for peace and prosperity. Many Swedes, in particular, takes peace for granted. The US fixed that for them but despite this they are ungrateful.

If anyone wonders, I'm spending my vacation trying to learn a little about the EU.