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Re:Article 13 Is Back On: Worse, Not Better by AnaniasAnanas on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @05:57AM (#19084234)
> monarchy

I think you mean oligarchy.

> parliament is pretending to be some kind of "democratic" control, but, at the end of the day, everyone votes "properly", if not, voting is repeated again and again

Isn't this true for most countries anyway? The gov ministers are the ones who tend to create articles to be voted, while the MPs only vote on them.

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Re:Article 13 Is Back On: Worse, Not Better by mcv on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @06:02AM (#19084255)
I'd like to see that reversed: let parliament make the laws (that's what it's supposed to do, isn't it?) while government merely executes it. Power has become too centralised in the hands of the executive branches.
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Re:Article 13 Is Back On: Worse, Not Better by makomk on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @06:25AM (#19084356)
Most democratic countries allow ordinary elected representatives to propose laws, I think. It's mostly a question of whether they can get enough votes, which is easier if the current government supports them. The fact that the EU-level elected representatives have no power to make new laws whatsoever is quite unusual.
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