The EU parliament is a rubber stamp. Did you know the legislature ant bring forth leguslation? It is only allowed to to vote on leguslation brought forth by the unelected bureaucrats.
Look it up.
The people if the EU do not vote for the President. He is appointed.
Look it up.
So the voters have no say or control over what legislation is introduced. Or it's leadership.
Does that sound democratic to you?
Maybe you are talking about the European Commission, that has their President appointed by the European Council, but has to be approved by The Parliament. Both the bodies have legislative powers but only the Commission has the legislative initiatives. Very similar in operation to most of the EU nations with their own individual Government bodies. The Parliament is the "first institution" of the EU (mentioned first in the treaties, having ceremonial precedence over all authority at European level), and shares equal legislative and budgetary powers with the Council (except in a few areas where the special legislative procedures apply). It likewise has equal control over the EU budget. Finally, the European Commission, the executive body of the EU (it exercises executive powers but no legislative ones), is accountable to Parliament. In particular, Parliament elects the President of the Commission, and approves (or rejects) the appointment of the Commission as a whole. It can subsequently force the Commission as a body to resign by adopting a motion of censure.
In the beginning the Parliament had no legislative powers, but that later evolved thanks to the UK's own Professor David Farrell. The Parliament also has the power to censure the Commission if they have a two-thirds majority which will force the resignation of the entire Commission from office. The Parliament has the power to set up a Committee of Inquiry, for example over mad cow disease or CIA detention flights—the former led to the creation of the European veterinary agency. The Parliament can call other institutions to answer questions and if necessary to take them to court if they break EU law or treaties. Furthermore, it has powers over the appointment of the members of the Court of Auditors and the president and executive board of the European Central Bank. The ECB president is also obliged to present an annual report to the parliament.
So I do not see your point of view that it is not a democracy. At one point it seemed like it, but that has been rectified when they even had court cases to do so.