[Cementjungle]

“I am worried about the degree of influence of the country-specific recommendations”

The EU layer of government is a bunch of socialists, so of course they're going to try to grow and overwhelm their subjects.

Who was the idiot who suggested to the people of European Counties that they needed yet another layer of government in their lives?

[Olog-hai]

For the most part, the people play no part in this. The EU was set up by the elites, and the elites rammed it through.