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Yet internet commenters pretend that they do, to make flawed, emotional points.

• fogihujy 6y ago
  This is a bit off-topic, but personally, I believe it to be a matter of when rather than if. For now, the EU does have indirect ways of enforcing EU-wide legislation, as individual member countries will implement EU directives and enforce them. Thus, laws written in Brussels could result in people getting arrested, even if it ended up being a Dutch or Polish police officer doing the actual arresting. The EU does, however, tend to stick to things that result in economical sanctions and fines, rather than incarceration. Apple, on the other hand, has no such legislative powers.
  • username90 6y ago
    As long as countries can leave the EU there is no way it will become as top down governed as US is. If the EU feds started to be as heavy handed as the US feds then the union would break apart, and since it is legal to leave in EU unlike US it wouldn't become a civil war.