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minus-squareqyron@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·11 hours agoBoiled down and spoon fed: we, in Europe, don’t want an american messing with our politics.
minus-squareantib1rchturd@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 hours agoYeah as an european I only want OUR lobbyists to buy out politicians.
minus-squareqyron@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 hours agoThere are a lot less lobbyist in Europe than in the US. We’re not safe. Just safe-r.
minus-squareantib1rchturd@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoI mean unlike the UE commission their president is elected instead of co-opted
minus-squareqyron@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoThrough a collegial organ and not directly. Essentially the same system. I would prefer as well to have direct elections for all positions in the EU but I think that would scare too much the politians. Can you imagine a german campaigning in Spain or a greek in Austria?
minus-squareantib1rchturd@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoI’d disagree, but I live in brussel so maybe i’m biased
minus-squareqyron@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoHello for Portugal! We could some lobbyists down here. Especially on the environmental front. But, then again, nobody really knows or understands how this country works, so… maybe it is for the better.
Boiled down and spoon fed: we, in Europe, don’t want an american messing with our politics.
Yeah as an european I only want OUR lobbyists to buy out politicians.
There are a lot less lobbyist in Europe than in the US. We’re not safe. Just safe-r.
I mean unlike the UE commission their president is elected instead of co-opted
Through a collegial organ and not directly. Essentially the same system.
I would prefer as well to have direct elections for all positions in the EU but I think that would scare too much the politians.
Can you imagine a german campaigning in Spain or a greek in Austria?
I’d disagree, but I live in brussel so maybe i’m biased
Hello for Portugal!
We could some lobbyists down here. Especially on the environmental front. But, then again, nobody really knows or understands how this country works, so… maybe it is for the better.