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Finland already agreed to subject itself to such EU rules when it joined. Nobody is keeping it in by force.
by 21 8y ago
Finland already agreed to subject itself to such EU rules when it joined. Nobody is keeping it in by force.
- detaro 8y agoOh come on, that's such a stupid brute-force argument. Yes, they did, no that doesn't mean there is no value in discussing if it is good that this specific thing is regulated, or that people aren't allowed to be unhappy about it.
- 21 8y agoThe point of joining a group is that all parties need to compromise. Not an expert in the issue, but article seems to imply that Finland is the only one in 28 member states which is really unhappy. If everyone else doesn't mind removing DST, sure, whatever. But what if there are 8 countries which really don't? BTW, Finland can just start ignoring this rule. Nothing will happen. Despite popular opinion, the EU can't impose shit on it's members if one truly doesn't want it.
- detaro 8y agoThen we'll find out during the process, and discuss what that means (which I suspect would mean "nothing changes", since changing things is harder than maintaining the status quo, and I think it's unlikely Finnland will care enough to want to be the only exception).
- kodablah 8y agoOf course. What does that have to do with the discussion at hand about this rule's value? Are you saying they aren't allowed to complain or that the EU should not consider delegating such decisions because they initially agreed not to? The EU would be wise to delegate DST authority to the countries themselves. Just because a country chooses to be part of this whole and it is primarily positive doesn't mean they can't complain of things that are negative.