That's true but the EU still has a - mostly - functioning legal system. See 'Schrems' and other lawsuits that came out as they should have.
replyTake a look at how they play with regards to chat control. The EU is just the same corrupt BS like D.C., only with a lot more virtue signaling.
replySorry, I don't agree with that. The amount of corruption in the USA right now is simply off the scale.
replyNah, it’s just more visible. It’s not that much of a sea change. And it’s ridiculously naive to pretend that the major countries in Europe don’t have their own mechanisms to regularly and effectively bypass any democratic inconveniences when necessary. They regularly push through things that no constituent would ever want or vote for.
replyMeanwhile the President sits in the Oval Office and says, in a televised interview, with absolutely no shame, that all of his kids and family are insider trading, all the time.
replyMeanwhile in Germany insider trading is completely legal for politicians. Well, not insider trading - but it's definition supposedly doesn't extend beyond internal business information.
reply(At least that's what people keep telling me, im not a lawyer)
Insider trading is it course not legal for politicians in Germany, as you could have found out without being a lawyer.
That being said, transparency/reporting duties for members of parliament/ministers can and should definitely be improved.
replyNah, it’s worse now than ever.
replyYou're right, just the other day our MP lined his pockets to the tune of a couple of billion, pumped his shitcoin, tipped off his friends about about the stock market movements he was going to cause, sent a couple of good deals to his kids and threatened war on a couple of countries just to please his buddies. And that's just the last couple of months... /s
replyOh, and will sell you access to his market-moving tweets for $100K a month, so you know and can get your stock trades set before the plebes do.
replyIt's not, you're just watching CNN too much.
replyor maybe you're watching Fox News too much?
replyChat control 1 or 2?
replyA parliamentary process where a law is being proposed, amended and voted upon isn't "corruption".
replyJust because you disagree with a law, that doesn't make it "corruption" - it does make you an authoritarian that attacks democracy as soon as other people don't vote like you want.
Chat control 1 was rejected by the parliament and then passed anyway because parliament doesn't matter. Hardly democratic.
replyThat's a lie - chat control was amended and then passed via parliament vote.
replyPlease stop spreading fabrications - even when you dislike the result. That's fascist behaviour.
Not nearly the same thing. Trump and his family have made billions. I cannot say the same of von der Leyen.
replyWhich of those two leaders were elected by the people?
replyThe European Parliament is elected by vote and has to ratify the chosen members of the EU council. The president of the council included.
replyWhat's your point? You'd rather have a democratically elected but corrupt leader than an appointed but honest one?
replyI'm not sure what that's supposed to imply because if Ursula von der Leyen manages to be less corrupt without being elected by the people that has some uncharitable consequences for the quality of the American electorate, I think HL Mencken had something to say on this
replyTechnically, the US president is also not elected by the people but by the electors, which in many ways is comparable to how the EU elected the EU Commission President.
replyCertainly Van Der Leyen.
replyI suggest you show up for next EU election if you don't like the option.
How should EU citizens vote at that next election if they are unhappy with von der Leyen's actions as President of the European Commission in order to remove her if enough other voters agree?
replyThey should vote for parties that are not organized in the EPP (European people's party). The exact party options depend on the country you're voting in.
replyClearly you have no idea how the head of EC is chosen. Because of the two only Trump was actually elected by the people.
replyRemember that Chat control has gone through vote through directly elected parliament like any other legislation.
replyThe next election is in 2029. I suggest you show up instead of spreading fabrications online.
True, I think the calculus is more about who you think is more trustworthy than what tools they have to damage you.
replyI am almost positive things are not the way they were and requests for data access especially if the subjects background is "suspect" are more highly scrutinized.
replyAnd as the Americans are choosing to interfere in European domestic politics and trample their own laws and constitution the more scrutiny their requests will get.
europeans like it more when just european governments are doing it
replyEspecially if European companies have an office and significant share of customers in the US.
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