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Calling the EU parliament democratically elected is really a stretch. On the other hand I make the direct choice of buying (or not) certain products. A choice
by vdaea 3y ago
Calling the EU parliament democratically elected is really a stretch.
On the other hand I make the direct choice of buying (or not) certain products. A choice that should be nobody's business but mine. It's not like I'm dumping nuclear waste in the river. It's a stupid phone.
- disgruntledphd2 3y agoHuh? The EU parliament is indeed directly elected, the elections will be held in June. Do you mean the Commission or something?
- ffgjgf1 3y agoThe EU parliament does not create new laws it just rubber stamps them. Basically it’s less or about as relevant as the parliaments of pseudo-democratic European empires of from ~1900 like Tsarist Russia, Germany etc.
- disgruntledphd2 3y agoNo laws are passed without the agreement of Parliament. Granted, I think that they should also propose all laws but to claim that it's a rubber stamp is demonstratively untrue.
- piva00 3y agoThat is demonstrably false [1]. [1] https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eu-parliament-set-sue-european-commission-over-rule-of-law-inaction-2021-06-09/ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eu-parliament-set-sue-e...
- ffgjgf1 3y agoA real parliament would have dissolved and appointed a new one. This kind of only proves my point, they basically have the same recourse that every ordinary citizen or organization does. Again the EU parliament has about as much power as the German Imperial Bundesrat did back in the 1900s. Which is of course better than nothing but far from a real democracy