George Orwell would have voted to leave the European Union

Re:George Orwell would have voted to leave the European Union by RobertoG on Saturday July 16, 2016 @06:53AM (#12105932)

One of the complains about the EU is that the parliament have not the powers of a real parliament.

Proof of that is how the EU parliament is used to 'park' politicians that are not relevant in their own countries.

When the European Parliament is the place where the politicians want to be, we will know that we have an Europe not controlled by unelected bureaucrats (for better or worse).

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Re:George Orwell would have voted to leave the European Union by j-pb on Saturday July 16, 2016 @08:29AM (#12106130)

Interestingly there is lots of politicians that want to be there.

Those from parties that would have little chance to get elected into a national government because of 1 3-5% hurdle.

The pirate party is a prime example for this, even though they hold no seats in germany they hold 1 seat as a representative from germany.

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