That is orthogonal to my point. With the current system you get Cathy Ashton and Barroso and the farce that is the Ukraine. If people in positions of significant power are not elected directly by the people then said people have no way to remove them from power. That is not democratic.

The very fact that the EU is designed in this way speaks to the mindset of those in Brussels and while it might not concern you, it concerns me.

It does concern me, and I agree that the commission has a problem of democratic accountability.

I'm not sure that having directly elected commissioners would have prevented the mess in Ukraine, which is mainly caused by the complex motivations of varied and unpredictable actors. States bordering Russia have joined the EU/EEA before without problems.