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Speaking as someone who grew up in Sweden I have a hard time believing the EU government is "less corrupt" than ours. Removing the ability to legislate (on anyt
by mkohlmyr 12y ago
Speaking as someone who grew up in Sweden I have a hard time believing the EU government is "less corrupt" than ours. Removing the ability to legislate (on anything) effectively forces every country to a lowest common denominator (that can be voted through) of legislation.
Then again I tend to be biased against centralisation of power so maybe don't listen to me when it comes to the EU.
- freshflowers 12y agoNot a big fan of the EU or centralisation either, but when it comes to matters of privacy and standing up to US interests, I'll take the EU over Sweden's recent track record.
- morsch 12y agoWhen it's just about minimum standards, nothing's stopping your legislative to vote for stricter policies -- right? Although I'm often worried that national legislators will point to implementations of the EU minimum standard as being enough and/or more stricter laws being a competitive hindrance.