Re:Most Europeans believe their countries are more polarised...
by ginko on Monday April 23, 2018 @10:27AM
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Well, last time they tried that (EU constitution) it was shot down by the same people that complain that the EU isn't democratic enough.
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Re:Most Europeans believe their countries are more polarised...
by baud147258 on Monday April 23, 2018 @10:40AM
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Then UE walked on the democratic opinion of its citizens and established the constitution without asking the citizens, with the treaty of Lisbon.
Re:Most Europeans believe their countries are more polarised...
by ginko on Monday April 23, 2018 @10:45AM
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The Treaty of Lisbon is not equivalent with the proposed constitution. It merely amends current EU legislation with some aspects salvaged from the far further-reaching Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe.
Re:Most Europeans believe their countries are more polarised...
by LoSboccacc on Monday April 23, 2018 @10:34AM
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the problem is that this EU is a tyrannical democracy. it's too easy to strong-arm some states into swallowing some policy that benefits everyone but them, like Dublin III, like production quotas, like fishing rights... this leaves basically everyone discontent about something everywhere.
Re:Most Europeans believe their countries are more polarised...
by TeMPOraL on Monday April 23, 2018 @10:45AM
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> this leaves basically everyone discontent about something everywhere.
Isn't that the definition of a good compromise?
I mean, each EU country is fighting to get itself the best deal, to bolster its position over other EU states. There is no way to make it so that everyone (or even the majority) is happy, when the definition of "happy" is "much more than you could possibly get".
Re:Most Europeans believe their countries are more polarised...
by Double_a_92 on Monday April 23, 2018 @10:43AM
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> this leaves basically everyone discontent about something everywhere.
That's life, I guess.