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It is EU commissioner Ylva Johansson. Unfortunately, there is not much you can do. She is not elected to this position, but appointed, and in this case by a for

by mongol 4y ago

It is EU commissioner Ylva Johansson. Unfortunately, there is not much you can do. She is not elected to this position, but appointed, and in this case by a former government who is no longer in power.

ShroudedNight 4y ago
That sounds like she's pretty close to being a lame duck, and has little to lose, popularity wise. If that's correct, she's in an optimal place to become unhinged from a lack of accountability. I'm curious in this case if it's being a professional fall-guy or engaging in their own (u|dys)topian radicalism.
alwayslikethis 4y ago
EU seems to have an abundance of unelected regulatory positions. Eurosceptics are right in that EU represents a form of non-democratic decision-making which has the power to supersede (more) democratically formulated laws from member states. Ideally, the autocratic tendencies of the EU and the member states should cancel out by disagreeing with each other, but in reality member states seem unwilling to oppose them most of the times.
- pohuing 4y ago
  Partially yeah, as well as the complete lack of legislative initiative for the parliament, the only part that's directly elected by citizens. On the other hand though: Europeans kinda suck as a blob. See Italy electing fascists again, Germany stagnating for decades under Conservative control, basically everything east of Germany etc. Etc. The parliament is dominated by Conservative authoritarian forces as well. In that sense EU legislature is just too good at representing it's people. I gave a speech to my computer science course when the new copyright directive was about to go into its final trilogue round in 2018. Wide agreement in discussion afterwards, but not a single student cared enough to make their wishes known to their MEPs. If even they don't do it, i can only say we're getting what we asked for.
- gumballindie 4y ago
  > but in reality member states seem unwilling to oppose them most of the times That’s because when some of them do they get threatened with sanctions while others can simply dictate policy. The eu is not an equal members club.
- peoplefromibiza 4y ago
  > EU seems to have an abundance of unelected regulatory positions. Like many other system in the World, elections are to chose people's representatives, not to chose the government nor the technical apparatus (like the EU commission). The US president is one notable example of non elected position. Anyway, the proposals must be approved by the parliament, which is elected directly by the EU people in number proportional to the population of the single countries and then ratified by the single EU parliaments, which are again elected by the people. I wouldn't exactly call it "abundance of unelected regulatory positions".
TechBro8615 4y ago
But remember, it's racists in the UK who wanted to leave this organization.
- omnimus 4y ago
  Its not like UK is doing better without EU.
  - nicky0 4y ago
    A little early to judge, it's been 2 years.
    - twixfel 4y ago
      It's not too early to judge, it's going badly right now, that's clear.
      - localplume 4y ago
        [dead]
      - nicky0 4y ago
        Oh, it's clear? Why did nobody tell me. I take it back then. I am glad to hear a complex evolving geopolitical situation can be easily reducted to a simple judgement like that. It's a relief.
        twixfel 4y ago
        It's clear it's going badly now yes. That's obvious. What you're confusing is the situation now with the situation in the future. I wish I could say it's an easy mistake to make, but it's not. Maybe you can plausibly argue that Brexit will be a success one day in the future, but you absolutely cannot argue that it's a success right now. That would not be serious.
- Hamuko 4y ago
f_devd 4y ago
To add to this, it's likely to 'originate' from (and is supported by) Thorn[0], which was discussed the previous post of mullvad's campaign. [0]: https://www.thorn.org/about-our-fight-against-sexual-exploitation-of-children/ https://www.thorn.org/about-our-fight-against-sexual-exploit...
- raverbashing 4y ago
  This, it's Ashton Kutcher wanting to sell his tech snake oil
peoplefromibiza 4y ago
> She is not elected to this position, but appointed She is appointed and vetted by the parliament, who is elected directly by the people. So the commissioners do not come from Mars, they are emissaries of the elected parliament.

by mongol 4y ago

ShroudedNight 4y ago

That sounds like she's pretty close to being a lame duck, and has little to lose, popularity wise. If that's correct, she's in an optimal place to become unhinged from a lack of accountability. I'm curious in this case if it's being a professional fall-guy or engaging in their own (u|dys)topian radicalism.

alwayslikethis 4y ago

EU seems to have an abundance of unelected regulatory positions. Eurosceptics are right in that EU represents a form of non-democratic decision-making which has the power to supersede (more) democratically formulated laws from member states. Ideally, the autocratic tendencies of the EU and the member states should cancel out by disagreeing with each other, but in reality member states seem unwilling to oppose them most of the times.

pohuing 4y ago
Partially yeah, as well as the complete lack of legislative initiative for the parliament, the only part that's directly elected by citizens. On the other hand though: Europeans kinda suck as a blob. See Italy electing fascists again, Germany stagnating for decades under Conservative control, basically everything east of Germany etc. Etc. The parliament is dominated by Conservative authoritarian forces as well. In that sense EU legislature is just too good at representing it's people. I gave a speech to my computer science course when the new copyright directive was about to go into its final trilogue round in 2018. Wide agreement in discussion afterwards, but not a single student cared enough to make their wishes known to their MEPs. If even they don't do it, i can only say we're getting what we asked for.
gumballindie 4y ago
> but in reality member states seem unwilling to oppose them most of the times That’s because when some of them do they get threatened with sanctions while others can simply dictate policy. The eu is not an equal members club.
peoplefromibiza 4y ago
> EU seems to have an abundance of unelected regulatory positions. Like many other system in the World, elections are to chose people's representatives, not to chose the government nor the technical apparatus (like the EU commission). The US president is one notable example of non elected position. Anyway, the proposals must be approved by the parliament, which is elected directly by the EU people in number proportional to the population of the single countries and then ratified by the single EU parliaments, which are again elected by the people. I wouldn't exactly call it "abundance of unelected regulatory positions".

TechBro8615 4y ago

But remember, it's racists in the UK who wanted to leave this organization.

omnimus 4y ago
Its not like UK is doing better without EU.
- nicky0 4y ago
  A little early to judge, it's been 2 years.
  - twixfel 4y ago
    It's not too early to judge, it's going badly right now, that's clear.
    - localplume 4y ago
      [dead]
    - nicky0 4y ago
      Oh, it's clear? Why did nobody tell me. I take it back then. I am glad to hear a complex evolving geopolitical situation can be easily reducted to a simple judgement like that. It's a relief.
      - twixfel 4y ago
        It's clear it's going badly now yes. That's obvious. What you're confusing is the situation now with the situation in the future. I wish I could say it's an easy mistake to make, but it's not. Maybe you can plausibly argue that Brexit will be a success one day in the future, but you absolutely cannot argue that it's a success right now. That would not be serious.
Hamuko 4y ago

f_devd 4y ago

To add to this, it's likely to 'originate' from (and is supported by) Thorn[0], which was discussed the previous post of mullvad's campaign. [0]: https://www.thorn.org/about-our-fight-against-sexual-exploitation-of-children/ https://www.thorn.org/about-our-fight-against-sexual-exploit...

raverbashing 4y ago
This, it's Ashton Kutcher wanting to sell his tech snake oil

peoplefromibiza 4y ago

> She is not elected to this position, but appointed She is appointed and vetted by the parliament, who is elected directly by the people. So the commissioners do not come from Mars, they are emissaries of the elected parliament.