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Those two layers of abstraction make all the difference. Directly elected officials are particularly bad, imagine that.
by jeoqn 4y ago
Those two layers of abstraction make all the difference. Directly elected officials are particularly bad, imagine that.
- mort96 4y agoLet me say it again: EU citizens elect members of the European Parliament, there is no extra layer of abstraction. And it's precisely the European Parliament which can do something about it if the Commission is proposing a bad law.
- vladoski 4y agoThe main problem is that the European Parliament can't write new laws. There's no way to directly elect members that write laws. In every democratic country, you do.
- mort96 4y agoI agree. It would have been better if a directly elected body could propose laws. Whether you consider the EU "not very democratic" is kinda subjective, but there are certainly strong arguments that it's not as democratic as it should be. But "if [the not directly elected parts of the EU] want to do something they will and there’s nothing that can be done about it" remains incorrect.