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To you it may be democratic enough. Not for me and the parliament lacks legislative initiative which in reality means the commission steers the ship. It is mor
by raxxorraxor 1y ago
To you it may be democratic enough. Not for me and the parliament lacks legislative initiative which in reality means the commission steers the ship.
It is more of a bureaucratic technocracy with democratic fig leaves. People often attribute competence to technocracies, but that is an illusion.
Also I don't believe you can move up government function to layers above your national government and still call it representative.
In reality the culture and circumstances of parliament members is too far removed from the voters. I also cannot know the other representatives, so my voting decision will always be restricted to a shallow popularity contest. But as explained, this doesn't matter, because the elected representatives cannot implement any agenda.
- _w1tm 1y ago> In reality the culture and circumstances of parliament members is too far removed from the voters. I also cannot know the other representatives, so my voting decision will always be restricted to a shallow popularity contest. But as explained, this doesn't matter, because the elected representatives cannot implement any agenda. That’s an odd thing to say when there is a real chance of the commission failing a confidence vote this week. We might end up with a new commission due to the conservatives colluding with the far right to abandon the climate agenda entirely. This is a very concrete consequence of the voters electing right-wing parliamentarians.
- Sammi 1y agoSeriously the commission works at the mercy of the parliament, not the other way around.