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Re:EU chat control law will ban open source operating systems by vladoski on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @06:51AM (#34609290)
The main problem is that the European Parliament can't write new laws. There's no way to directly elect members that write laws. In every democratic country, you do.
Re:EU chat control law will ban open source operating systems by mort96 on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @07:17AM (#34609479)
I agree. It would have been better if a directly elected body could propose laws. Whether you consider the EU "not very democratic" is kinda subjective, but there are certainly strong arguments that it's not as democratic as it should be.

But "if [the not directly elected parts of the EU] want to do something they will and there’s nothing that can be done about it" remains incorrect.