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I love that europe is taking action, but i still have a huge concern that, according to the article, those that are giving the orders in brussels haven’t been e
by bsaul 4y ago
I love that europe is taking action, but i still have a huge concern that, according to the article, those that are giving the orders in brussels haven’t been elected in any remotely understandable way. Ursula has never ran a campaign for the position she’s in, no EU citizen knew or cared about her until the covid crisis, and we still have no idea what her political orientation is regarding a lot of socio-economical topics.
I don’t think that situation can last much longer, unless we’re ready to give ground to the anti-EU fantasy of the union turning into some kind of techno-fascist regime. The scale of the measures she’s been involved with those past 2 years are beyond anything acceptable for any reasonable democracy.
- seydor 4y agoWhile EU leaders are often given credit for EU actions, in reality the burden of the sanctions, as well as their implementation was decided by member states themselves. It s telling that EU did not have a plan (and still does not) for the ensuing inflation, and countries like spain had to act individually when it hit them first. As for democracy in EU, i don't see it ever happening. In my mind the EU is a new kind of state (despite its horrible inefficiency), one that aims to work with process alone and not politics, and which can thus survive post-politics (in a way the US cannot). Given time, i would expect the commission and parliament to be replaced by AIs.