| The EU's business is often too technocratic and complex to evince strong political emotions. |
| In recent years, academic credentials and technocratic knowledge have become more important than political and electoral experience. |
| Manchester's pragmatic political culture is technocratic and focused on outputs rather than grandstanding. |
| It was a too strong giveaway of a technocratic rationale that does not reflect what Europe's founding fathers wanted and accomplished. |
| Latham is overly fond of a technocratic style of language, favoured by business elites. |
| The need for greater democracy is not an idea dreamt up by the technocratic institutions of the industrialized world. |
