And there's me thinking the EU wasn't democratic. Not only can elected MEPs stop it, but so can the each member government (or at least enough of them).
Anecdotally, I don't know anyone personally who thinks this is a good thing.
I do however know many that are in great approval of GDPR (as I am).
Anecdotally, I don't know anyone personally who's actually paid any amount of attention to the details of this.