For just a start (not the only thing) at fixing the EU, the EU executive, as a single person, should be done away with.
There may be staff under that executive but it should be replaced with an “EU executive committee”, with that committee made up single individuals appointed by the chief executive of each EU member state; with all decisions of the executive committee made only by consensus (they all 100% agree) and not merely by majority vote.
That will restore some level of the sovereign powers acting only on direct agreement with each other versus agreeing to surrender their decision making power to the EU executive.
you’re expecting representatives from 28 different member nations sitting on a Directorate to agree 100%?
I am an EU outsider, but one need only look at the US Congress, or any of the state assemblies for that matter, to realize that getting a group to agree 100% on anything is near impossible.
Individuality is usually what drives change. Democracy is a nice concept when voting on a new school park, but a Republic allows for an individual to challenge the majority; rule by majority never gives the minority position/viewpoint air to breathe. Changing to panel discussions, by nature subject to corruption, seems more an exercise in futility.