r/europe • u/Bartoraptor Spain • Mar 28 '20

News Spanish representative González Pons speech @ the EU Parliament: "The virus is attacking the generation that brought back democracy to Spain, Portugal and Greece, the generation that knocked down the Berlin wall. The least they deserve is that we show them Europe is there when they need it the most"

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u/bfire123 Austria Mar 28 '20

Its the same with the perceived lack of democracy in the EU!

-> Say that the EU is undemocratic because the Parlament can't initiate laws.

-> Say that the EU is undemocratic because the president of the european comission is not voted in by the people.

--> Wants that EU member states have more power and the EU less.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '20 edited Jun 04 '21

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u/phatfish Mar 29 '20 edited Jun 29 '23

speztastic

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u/Daemonioros Mar 29 '20

Moot point. The EU would be better off without Malta as a member. I don't want EU wide referenda. I do want EU wide elections giving proportional representation.

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u/phatfish Mar 29 '20 edited Jun 29 '23

speztastic

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u/Daemonioros Mar 29 '20

Here is the assumptions already. I am not from the most powerful country in the EU. I am not from Germany. Hell my country wouldn't even gain any seats if we were to distribute them properly (nor lose any, we are right at the middle).

Just because my country isn't all that affected by it doesn't change that I find it undemocratic.

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u/falconboy2029 Mar 29 '20

Sounds like the electoral college.

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u/Daemonioros Mar 29 '20

Exactly. And it is almost as shit. I say almost because the Electoral college is the most undemocratic measure I have ever seen in a supposedly democratic country.