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> I find it odd that a meeting that is taking place on behalf of the public is held for closed doors That is not at all odd in the EU. In fact most are, and th
by zerostar07 8y ago
> I find it odd that a meeting that is taking place on behalf of the public is held for closed doors
That is not at all odd in the EU. In fact most are, and this lack of transparency is by design: If EU was left to the caprices of the heterogeneous electorates of its countries, they would break it up.
- freeone3000 8y agoSo Europe actually IS ruled by a shadowy cabal, furthering "the greater good" even if it's something no country wants, keeping citizens in the dark "for their protection"?
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- hartator 8y agoThe “common good”. EU will be the next buble. Institutions are sturated by debt while overflowing the “free” economy with new regulatio.
- swsieber 8y agoWell, that seems like the only way to get things done for a large group of countries or states. An example of this: it is how the constitution of the United States was formed.
- chatmasta 8y agoThat doesn’t seem like the best counterexample, given that the US held a public hearing on the same topic.
- zerostar07 8y agoNo that is not the case. But EU is a special kind of union that is "united in diversity". Wide consensuses and vetoes exist to ensure that populism does not destroy it. It works well for as long as the integration is not too deep.
- chatmasta 8y agoIt works so well that the UK is leaving...
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