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Then a democratic entity has the duty to explain and clarify it to its voters. I am seeing next to nothing of that.

• bayesianhorse 12y ago
  Actually it doesn't. With negotiations that's especially murky, because they are extremely complex and can contain proposals which don't have a chance to go into the agreement. Explanation/Clarification is not something a voter is entitled to. He can demand it, and usually the media is giving it to him, if at all. There is also a very good disincentives for politicians to explain "too much". Essentially, when talking to an audience of millions of people, everything you say can be used against you in a court of public opinion. Everything can and will be understood wrongly. That is also partly why effective politicians aren't particularly eager to "tell the truth".