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Re:EU drops rule that would prevent self-driving car data fr... by llampx on Thursday October 11, 2018 @04:37PM (#18196847)
Where did this People's Party comes from? Sounds very newspeak-ish, considering they only push through legislation benefitting large corporates.
Re:EU drops rule that would prevent self-driving car data fr... by lumberjack on Thursday October 11, 2018 @05:07PM (#18197045)
They are the centre-right coalition of all centre-right political parties in Europe. It is beyond laughable levels how they corrupt they are. You can predict their stance 100% of the time by assuming it is the business friendly position.
Re:EU drops rule that would prevent self-driving car data fr... by Shiboleth on Thursday October 11, 2018 @08:11PM (#18198081)
How the hell did a right wing organisation get the title "The People's Party"?
Re:EU drops rule that would prevent self-driving car data fr... by etatoby on Thursday October 11, 2018 @10:02PM (#18198553)
Makes sense to me. If you are liars through and through, why be honest on your party's name, of all things?
Re:EU drops rule that would prevent self-driving car data fr... by spanishthrow on Thursday October 11, 2018 @10:09PM (#18198580)
In Spain it was created by former Francoist hierarchs during the transition from dictatorship to democracy.
Re:EU drops rule that would prevent self-driving car data fr... by dsfyu404ed on Friday October 12, 2018 @10:44AM (#18201762)
I don't see anything unusual about their name.

Any country with "democratic" or "people's" in the name is not democratically run and the people have pretty much no say in anything (Congo, DPRK, etc).

Any armed faction that references a religious figure or text in their name commits atrocities condemned by that religion (LRA, ISIS, etc).

Any state that calls itself "commonwealth" is run by a political elite that does a piss-poor job looking out for the interests of the commoners (maybe worth granting an exception for Kentucky, I've never been there and don't know many people from there so it might be alright).

The car dealership that has radio ads talking about what a great value they are is nothing of the sort.

A political party that prioritizes business over people calling itself the "people's whatever" seems pretty standard as far as naming conventions go.

Re:EU drops rule that would prevent self-driving car data fr... by Vinnl on Friday October 12, 2018 @03:31AM (#18199882)
How the hell did North Korea get the title "Democratic People's Republic"?

Edit: To be clear, I'm not trying to compare the People's Party to the North Korean regime, just pointing out that organisations can pick their own name, and that doesn't necessarily have to reflect what they are, or what they will become years after they have chosen the name.

Re:EU drops rule that would prevent self-driving car data fr... by jahabrewer on Thursday October 11, 2018 @04:42PM (#18196886)
Maybe their full name is the "(Corporations are) People's Party".
Re:EU drops rule that would prevent self-driving car data fr... by Kliment on Friday October 12, 2018 @03:49AM (#18199939)
It's a direct translation of the name of their founding member, which is the Spanish Partido Popular. And yes, they're right-wing corporatist authoritarian in Spain too.
Re:EU drops rule that would prevent self-driving car data fr... by tormeh on Thursday October 11, 2018 @04:42PM (#18196881)
It's a group of mostly centre-right parties. So, conservatives, christian-democrats and the like.