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> Minor correction: the countries' peoples don't really have a lot of say in any EU-level policy That's factually false: Every single Eu rule and initiative m

> Minor correction: the countries' peoples don't really have a lot of say in any EU-level policy That's factually false: Every single Eu rule and initiative must be approved by the European parliament. The European Parliament's members are elected directly by the European people through proportional representation. Its much more democratic than the UK with its veto-powered royals, upper house with hereditary aristocrats and FPTP system.

logifail 4y ago
> Every single Eu rule and initiative must be approved by the European parliament I'm not sure what good that does. When did your MEP last initiate a piece of legislation? The EU is as far from a direct democracy as it's possible to be. I'm currently in Switzerland, they have regular referendums, that's what makes a direct democracy. Ursula von der Leyen was picked for her job in an intransparent closed-doors process, she wasn't even a candidate for anything. "On 2 July 2019, von der Leyen was proposed by the European Council as the candidate for president of the European Commission"[0] [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen