I lived in Holland for 42 months before moving to a Flemish community in Belgium when the EU came into being. From the moment the EU took over, even the "national politicians" of each country have done the EU's bidding. So sad a situation. The English are having the same problems. The USA has three embassies in Brussels, one to the EU, one to Belgium and one to NATO. My experience there was with DoD but my final eight years in government was with Dept of State. The multiple layers of political representation in each nation has resulted in citizens being subjected to Rule-without-Representation. The EU was devised to strip each nation's citizens of their vote - but it has led to situations as this where even a politician beholden to the state no longer carries out their duties, but slips into the rule of the EU.
The only way out of this situation is to remove the Royal families in Europe from living on public assistance. In Holland, Belgium, England and elsewhere (except Russia), these people still run the countries through their ceremonial positions. It is as if the people are mere surf's of a vassal state at this point.