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Unfortunately you don't get heard otherwise. Commission members have explicitly stated that they do not serve the citizens of the EU. Oettinger for example is n

by chopin 9y ago

Unfortunately you don't get heard otherwise. Commission members have explicitly stated that they do not serve the citizens of the EU. Oettinger for example is notorious of only meeting lobbyists. Consumer friendly regulations come only into play if it doesn't hurt European big companies. GDPR hurts the big new economy companies in the US far more than the EU companies, for one. Free roaming is also in corporate interest. Big industry lobbyists lament in a regular fashion about too little migration.

IAmEveryone 9y ago
> Commission members have explicitly stated that they do not serve the citizens of the EU. See, that’s just completely unbelievable. > Free roaming is also in corporate interest. Big industry lobbyists lament in a regular fashion about too little migration. It’s somewhat funny that you’d associate “roaming” with what I can only presume are imaginary hordes of immigrant scavenging the countryside. But, in this case, it was referring to mobile phone “roaming”. Something European telecoms taught with all the might of their lobbying power. (Oettinger is an idiot, I give you that)
- chopin 9y ago
  >See, that’s just completely unbelievable. I was referring to this http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/i-didn-t-think-ttip-could-get-any-scarier-but-then-i-spoke-to-the-eu-official-in-charge-of-it-a6690591.html http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/i-didn-t-think-ttip-coul... article, which I had remembered incorrectly but the money quote is I do not take my mandate from the European people by Malmström. Good one for the roaming I totally misunderstood that. I admit this is beneficial for citizens and against interests of Telcos. However many companies (especially big ones) operate throughout EU and have frequent travels from their employees so there may have been a bit of lobbyism at play here as well. But I concede that it is a rather weak argument.

by chopin 9y ago

IAmEveryone 9y ago

> Commission members have explicitly stated that they do not serve the citizens of the EU. See, that’s just completely unbelievable. > Free roaming is also in corporate interest. Big industry lobbyists lament in a regular fashion about too little migration. It’s somewhat funny that you’d associate “roaming” with what I can only presume are imaginary hordes of immigrant scavenging the countryside. But, in this case, it was referring to mobile phone “roaming”. Something European telecoms taught with all the might of their lobbying power. (Oettinger is an idiot, I give you that)

chopin 9y ago
>See, that’s just completely unbelievable. I was referring to this http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/i-didn-t-think-ttip-could-get-any-scarier-but-then-i-spoke-to-the-eu-official-in-charge-of-it-a6690591.html http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/i-didn-t-think-ttip-coul... article, which I had remembered incorrectly but the money quote is I do not take my mandate from the European people by Malmström. Good one for the roaming I totally misunderstood that. I admit this is beneficial for citizens and against interests of Telcos. However many companies (especially big ones) operate throughout EU and have frequent travels from their employees so there may have been a bit of lobbyism at play here as well. But I concede that it is a rather weak argument.