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"National governments are responsible for implementing almost everything agreed by the Union members. " Well, so maybe the EU is not fairly lean, since they do
by hutzlibu 4y ago
"National governments are responsible for implementing almost everything agreed by the Union members. "
Well, so maybe the EU is not fairly lean, since they don't do any of the work the national governments are doing?
At least it is not an argument, that they have less employes than sweden.
- pavlov 4y agoWell, ok. Let's consider the total number of employed people in the EU, around 190 million. In the entire Union, about 16% of all employees work for the governments. That's 30.4 million people. 60,000 people work for the EU directly, which is 0.2% of the total. To put it another way, there are 500 national government employees for each one EU worker. Is this the tail wagging the dog? 0.2% is not even the dog's tail, it's a piece of hair on its back.
- hutzlibu 4y agoEvery month, the whole parliament is moving fron Straßbourg to Bruessel and then back. That is not a sign of an efficient organisation, despite the fact that the numbers could be worse. "To put it another way, there are 500 national government employees for each one EU worker." And they simply don't have the same scope at all, so any direct comparison doesn not make much sense. The actual work is done at the national level. They work on coordination, which is important, but very vague.
- midasuni 4y agoYou think that’s in efficient look what happens when the Us President goes to the U.K. for a funeral.