DANGER - Democracy cannot be "Either/Or"

Article 8a subsection2 of the 'Treaty on European Union' post Lisbon will state: "Citizens are directly represented at Union Level in the European Parliament. Member States are represented in the European Council by their Heads of State or Government and in the Council by their governments, themselves democratically accountable to their national Parliaments, or to their citizens." What is the effect of this in Britain and what indeed is the intent? The first statement can of course be absolutely discounted as complete and utter nonsense as the European Parliament will continue to have absolutely no power whatsoever to propose or frame legislation and as in the past will merely serve as a sop to democratic principles while gathering funds mainly for the political parties whose leaders will be running everything in secret within the European Council. This sentence neatly illustrates one of the prime deceptions of the EU Reform Treaty, the confusing mix of Council and the European Council. The Council will, mainly when framing legislation, be somewhat open to public scrutiny and accountability. The real power, the European Council will be entirely closed, subject to QMV with even its procedures inner workings and records of debate and decision forever closed to either parliaments or to the public. If confronted by this horrendous truth, the EU's presently totally devious leadership elite will be able to reply, "the Council when legislating is entirely open to scrutiny" relying on the cowed and/or lazy media to avoid pointed follow-up.