It's not Europe. It's national democracy that’s dysfunctional (Carlo Bastasin, Brookings)

Is Brexit proof that Europe is not working? In fact, what Brexit demonstrates is rather that, in some cases, national democracies can become dysfunctional—when complex decisions cross national boundaries and have huge effects, for instance. This is a problematic and confusing finding. It only follows that the EU cannot work if its constituent national democracies do not work.

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/order-from-chaos/posts/2016/07/12-national-democracy-dysfunction-europe-bastasin