EU Commission refuses to disclose authors behind its mass surveillance proposal

Re:EU Commission refuses to disclose authors behind its mass... by taylorius on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @08:06AM (#44169074)

"Liberal democracy". Have you tried voting out a member of the EU commission?

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Re:EU Commission refuses to disclose authors behind its mass... by nickslaughter02 on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @08:27AM (#44169249)

I would bet good money on that 90% of people from EU could not name a single member of the EU Commission.

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Re:EU Commission refuses to disclose authors behind its mass... by account42 on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @09:00AM (#44169544)

I wouldn't bet on that. Zensursula is already a well known meme. Doesn't change the chance of her or anyone else in the commission facing any consequences.

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Re:EU Commission refuses to disclose authors behind its mass... by nickslaughter02 on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @09:06AM (#44169601)

She is the president of the Commission, overseeing its work. I'm not sure if she's technically a member.

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Re:EU Commission refuses to disclose authors behind its mass... by Anthony-G on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @02:46PM (#44173269)

I always figured that the president of the European Commission is a member of the European Commission but I wasn’t 100% sure if that is “technically” the case. I did some research and The list of Members of the von der Leyen Commission¹ clarifies that the president – along with the vice-presidents – are included among the 27 members of the “College of Commissioners”.

¹ https://commission.europa.eu/about/organisation/college-comm...

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Re:EU Commission refuses to disclose authors behind its mass... by riffraff on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @08:47AM (#44169409)

You cannot vote out a single member of the government/parliament in many democracies, it is not an intrinsic characteristic of any system we call so.

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