The EU suffers from typical problems of federal governments. It feels distant and disconnected from the population. It compounds this with a democratic disconnect, where lots of officials aren't directly elected.

However, having said this, governance is actually quite good. In my opinion, EU central powers actually correct many of the blunders that national politicians do. Not that it couldn't be better, but one must acknowledge EU institutions are net positive, and not bad at all. Europe is much much better with the EU than with disparate national governments