Raymonde Dury, som innehade detta europeiska mandat före mig, brukade säga att om Europeiska unionen som enhet begärde inträde i unionen så skulle den vägras detta, eftersom den saknar demokrati. ###>Raymonde Dury, my predecessor in this European mandate, was fond of saying that if the European Union as an entity asked to join the Union, it would be refused on the grounds that it was not sufficiently democratic.