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Why would you want the government deciding who gets funds?

• hnbad 5y ago
  "The government" isn't deciding who gets funds. The EU has public funding programmes and grants and you can apply to them if you meet the requirements: https://europa.eu/european-union/about-eu/funding-grants_en https://europa.eu/european-union/about-eu/funding-grants_en https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/find-funding/eu-funding-programmes_en https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/find-funding/eu-fu... I can't think of any programme that would work for Mozilla though, especially given they're a US-based for-profit company wrapped around a US-based non-profit. The purpose of these programmes is typically to either contribute to regional development that is in the EU member states' interest, or to help implement policies the EU has passed. There are arguments to be made about how well the member states' (or their citizens') interests are represented in the EU's electoral structure, or how effective these programmes are in general, but saying this is "the government deciding who gets funds" is absurd.