I would not go as far to call the advance of the European Union totalitarianism. What we've seen in the past few years is that all governments only pursue their own interests, weakening Europe.
We cannot keep pretending that all countries will do just fine without the EU. Imagine what would have happened to Europe if we wouldn't have had the Euro! But in order to control this we need a proper organisation, an organisation that is more open and democratic and less centred around the governments and their own, petty interests. The Treaty of Lisbon was good for this because it gave the European Parliament more power and installed a EU-president, someone who is above the parties and therefore can decide better what's best for the continent, instead of what's best for one single country.
We've seen in the past few months how good it is to have a more powerful parliament. Not only did they recognise the Goldstone report and prevented the Swift treaty to be accepted -- a treaty that would give the United States unlimited access to the European bank transactions -- and they called for more openness on ACTA and said they would otherwise sue the European Commission. All thanks to the Lisbon Treaty.
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