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Re:EU approves internet copyright law, including ‘link tax’ ... by ithkuil on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @02:34PM (#17971657)
If a lot of people across EU is concerned about how democratic is the EU governance, can't we change this without necessary destroying the EU first?
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Re:EU approves internet copyright law, including ‘link tax’ ... by sampo on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @03:51PM (#17972513)
First, people would have to vote an EU-sceptic majority for their domestic parliaments. This would need to happen in a majority of EU countries. Then this majority of EU-sceptic governments could achieve a majority either in the Council or in the Commission, and propose laws to change the EU governance. Then the Parliament would have to accept these laws.

I think it would have to be the Council, it's difficult to see the Commission proposing a law that decreases the power of the Commission.

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Re:EU approves internet copyright law, including ‘link tax’ ... by pwned1 on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @03:12PM (#17972080)
Didn't the people of several EU countries vote against the EU treaty, only to have the rules of the game changed so that it would go into effect anyways?
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