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Re:Big Tech to EU: "Drop Dead" by pjerem on Sunday May 19, 2024 @06:29AM (#40405859)
The thing is, European Union isn’t a country. It’s an union of countries. The Union itself doesn’t have legislative powers. The Union dictates rules the countries must follow the laws are still written by national parliaments.

To be clear, I’m absolutely not against the European Parliament having legislative powers but that would require the UE to become a federation and we are still far from this.

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Re:Big Tech to EU: "Drop Dead" by jimbobthrowawy on Sunday May 19, 2024 @11:49AM (#40407688)
> The Union dictates rules the countries must follow the laws are still written by national parliaments.

You're thinking of EU Directives, which have to be transposed into national law by some deadline. EU Regulations (e.g. GDPR) are considered legally enforceable all on their own, though still have a delay.

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