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Re:E.U.’S New Digital Czar: ‘Most Powerful Regulator of Big ... by skelet on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @03:10PM (#20943635)
Do you get to elect your defense or sports minister in your country?
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Re:E.U.’S New Digital Czar: ‘Most Powerful Regulator of Big ... by L0stRegulator on Thursday September 12, 2019 @02:35AM (#20948635)
In most EU countries: Yes. They are elected members of the Parliament who are assigned a portfolio by the prime minister. To be clear: someone elected them, in the example of Ireland a jurisdiction like Kerry would elect a number of parliament members and the prime minister could select any elected members from their party to form the cabinet.
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Re:E.U.’S New Digital Czar: ‘Most Powerful Regulator of Big ... by skelet on Thursday September 12, 2019 @03:24AM (#20948892)
she's an elected member of the Denmark parliament.
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