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The problem today is, that our democratic systems are eroding world-wide. Since the EU has more and more influence in Germany, German politicians are regularly
by PythonicAlpha 11y ago
The problem today is, that our democratic systems are eroding world-wide. Since the EU has more and more influence in Germany, German politicians are regularly using the EU to circumvent democratic decisions in our country.
When a law is not popular in Germany, they just pass it to the EU, where it is much easier to bring them into effect. Then they pressure our own parliament: "We have to comply to EU standards" and they just pass it on. There even was at least one case, where such a law was passed without thinking about it and our constitutional court had to cancel it as not constitutional.
These cases, where democratic decisions are circumvented are not single ones any more -- they are the rule, not the exception.
- TazeTSchnitzel 11y agoYep. This is how the Data Retention Directive came about, for example. National politicians couldn't get it passed at home, so they did it at the EU level.
- pmezard 11y agoIt works both ways. Laws or litigations brought on European level may be good or bad depending on their content. It could be useful to work around national systems sometimes.