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[-] themurphy@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

EU is democratic, which also means everyone can propose a law. Never have EU put a backdoor into anything, but its true that there have been law proposals for it.

Never voted through.

[-] rottingleaf@lemmy.world -2 points 1 week ago

EU is not democratic. EU's ruling entities are formed by governments of member countries. Which are supposedly democratic.

And about never voted through - sometimes putting pressure is enough.

[-] unautrenom@jlai.lu 1 points 1 week ago

EU Commission and Council are indeed not elected directly, but the Parliement who propose and vote laws is. The way it works is similar to a parlementary republic (where coalitions of parties that includes >50% of MEPs make a governement together).

It's as democratic as democratic gets on that scale.

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