> Factually incorrect.

no please read what I wrote

_local elected leaders_

they are the leaders each member state democratically elected in their own way

and that makes a lot of sense the EU isn't a country after all so using the already democratically elected leaders makes a lot of sense

> They have no authority to draft policies on their own.

yes neither did I claim so, the EU is by far not perfect

> Which evidently there is a lot of!

yes, but that is mainly a reflection of corruption in local Politics