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National government is a very different thing from national parliament. In my state the national government came out of a political compromise. The leading par
by throwaway50662 3y ago
National government is a very different thing from national parliament.
In my state the national government came out of a political compromise. The leading party has 15% support. They are limited by the national parliament in whatever they try to do here - but not in EC.
Giving them control over the whole population through the EC is a spit in the face of 85% of the population.
And it's very visible right on this issue - the leading party supports what the rest of the population would label as totalitarian and oppressive. They tried but were unable to pass stuff like this at home, but they support it in the EC.
- Agingcoder 3y agoNo, the EC can’t do anything unless it’s approved by European Parliament. It’s another unexpected aspects of European institutions : most people don’t understand how they work. Local, national political parties abuse this by essentially blaming the EC for just about anything. If things go well it’s thanks to them, if not it’s because of the EC. Local politicians have no interest in making sure regular people understand how Europe works. Note that this is all independent of whether the EC is good or bad - just about basic facts.
- throwaway50662 3y agoIndeed - they can do whatever the EP approves, which is usually very different from what the few EP seats and the entire national parliament of our state vote for.