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> Unfortunately, every time the EU has an opportunity to change, the answer the Eurocrats give is the same: "Let's keep pretending everything is fine." But is
by pfg 10y ago
> Unfortunately, every time the EU has an opportunity to change, the answer the Eurocrats give is the same: "Let's keep pretending everything is fine."
But is it really the Eurocrats who are blocking progress? It seems to me like most of the blame should go to the European Council. Whenever I see the Parliament (or really anyone) push for meaningful reform, it gets blocked by the Council.
Instead of blaming our national politicians for their failure to push for (or even allow) reform in the Council, we keep electing them and blame the EU for their failure.
- mike_hearn 10y agoI agree with that analysis. It appears that people like Schulz and Juncker who make so many outrageous statements in recent days are in reality reflective of the thinking of the political elites in general, hence the difficulty of bringing about real change. If the issue is that they're suffering from a kind of groupthink (and I strongly suspect they are) then having one of their members tossed out and replaced by someone who is actually against the group might be sufficient to break it.