you know that it took the EU often nearly decades (pr sometimes even more ?) to instate these regulations because of the strong lobbyism ?
the impression of good „governance“ began vanishing from the eighties on to today
there are plenty of sites which claim the opposite of your statement:
lostineu.eu (mostly in German - take deepl), euractiv.com
https://www.thomasfazi.com/ who also publishes on the conservative medium unherd.com

