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And the worst part is, ALL the heads of states of EU nations are in support of this law. The council approves of it. This means that even if you’d end the EU,
by kuschku 8y ago
And the worst part is, ALL the heads of states of EU nations are in support of this law. The council approves of it.
This means that even if you’d end the EU, these same people would still be able to pass the law.
- Reason077 8y agoThe EU commission can get away with things that individual nations can not, because they are not subject to the same level of public scrutiny. If a controversial law is proposed in a national parliament, then it becomes big news. A politician pushing an unpopular agenda would eventually find him/herself voted out. But average people don't usually hear about laws the EU is creating until they're implemented. Hardly anyone had heard of the GDPR until it was too late. And the whole legislative process of the commission is opaque: you can't tell who in your government was responsible for supporting a particular position.
- kuschku 8y agoYeah, that’s the one big issue with the EU - the fourth power, the media, is missing. There’s no discussion, no involvement of the public, neither the good nor bad is shown when it happens. Instead, 4 years later, the same national politicians that wrote the law blame it on the "undemocratic" EU.
- c3o 8y agoCouncil (assembling the member state governments) is opaque, but the directly elected European Parliament is quite transparent – more so than most national ones. Both have to agree to any Commission proposal, so theoretically being able to follow and influence one gives us, the public, veto power no matter the failings of the other. You're absolutely right about the media.