> EU people can't vote the EU presidency out of office

Selection/rejection of the European Commission president (there is no such thing as the EU president) is indirect democracy, not popular vote. But it is still representative and democratic.

US contrast: in the US, citizens also don't vote for the President directly. Instead, we use a two-step system centered on the Electoral College.

Hypocrisy: if anyone (especially us American citizens) are going to argue that europeans should get to vote directly for the President of the EU commission, then they should also argue strongly to get rid of the Electoral System in the US and let the presidential popular vote be the decisive factor.

Yep, EC rather than EU, my bad.