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The OECD has zero legal power however. It's just a "thinktank", they have no way to enforce anything they come up with. I'm sure soft power pressure from the E
by _abox 5y ago
The OECD has zero legal power however. It's just a "thinktank", they have no way to enforce anything they come up with.
I'm sure soft power pressure from the EU was a big factor in this, sure. But they weren't forced to as such.
- rusk 5y agoIt doesn’t have any enforcement power, but this is an agreement that Ireland have had to sign up to out of political necessity. It’s not the OECD forcing Ireland, it’s the other OECD members.
- gumby 5y agoYeah, the idea of OECD “brass” made me chuckle.
- rusk 5y agoExcuse me? are there not senior officials [0] in these organisations that convene these things, set timelines and such? I’m sorry if I am using some definition of the colloquially term “brass” that you are not familiar with. You condescending fool. EDIT [0] https://search.oecd.org/about/structure/ https://search.oecd.org/about/structure/
- gumby 5y agoThis fool has been well aware for decades that they have various deliberative and measuring staff but no ability to order anyone* around. The world needs organizations like the oecd but they hardly have “brass” like, say, the EU does, much less national governments. * ok, if your job is to track, say, land usage and you don’t do your job you have a boss who can presumably fire you but that’s about as exciting as it gets.