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The difference is that you can vote for people who choose lawyers and they can influence what lawyers write. You dont have this much control in the EU.
by intricatedetail 6y ago
The difference is that you can vote for people who choose lawyers and they can influence what lawyers write. You dont have this much control in the EU.
- ben_w 6y agoThe governments of each country in the EU, elected democratically, are the people who choose the specific law-writers (council of ministers) who you are critical of for proposing this law in this story. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Organs_of_the_European_Union.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Organs_of_the_European_Un... To the extent that conspiracies of “deep state” or “lobbyist” are involved, the only reason the EU is different to the member states themselves is that it’s a single big target instead of a lot of small ones.
- intricatedetail 6y agoAnd in this case lawyers role is to implement what EC proposed and MEPs voted in. Elected governments are like management of McDonalds franchise. People can choose chair layout or where napkins are located.
- ben_w 6y agoThat contradicts what you yourself wrote one level up. I’m sure that’s accidental, would you care to rephrase?