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Re:SaveTheInternet.eu – the EU vote on net neutrality tomorrow by masklinn on Monday March 17, 2014 @10:49AM (#7415304)
Your comment seems at odd with the site itself, according to which the commissionner's text, while definitely falling short, was not that far from a binding NN legislation before being significantly worsened in committees (that is, outside the commission you rant about):

> While we welcome the intention to enshrine net neutrality into law across the EU, the proposal fails to deliver the promise of net neutrality as it contains several problematic loopholes. However, the text itself is not far off the mark. With the right improvements, the European Union could have binding net neutrality legislation. The proposal is now in hands of the Parliament and will be reviewed by several committees, with the Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) committee as the lead in charge of this dossier. The modifications introduced in some committees have regrettably worsened the problems in the Commission proposal.

(http://www.savetheinternet.eu/#regulation, emphasis mine)

Also not sure what the relation is between your basic assertion that the EU commission is bad and the EU itself needing to end.

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Re:SaveTheInternet.eu – the EU vote on net neutrality tomorrow by killerpopiller on Monday March 17, 2014 @11:42AM (#7415729)
it is not about that specific fuck up about to go down, but about all the many proposition coming from the commission. Propositions which couldn't be introduced in a normal parliament, because they would be discussed and citizens would be at alert. E.g. the data retention laws.

The EU distanced itself so far from it's citizens, most topics things don't reach the people here and this "regulation" is the best example.

The EU is not democratic at all. The parliament members can't even propose new legislations and EU laws are not always compatible with nation constitutions which renders it's purpose close to illegitimate.

Instead we have a far away bunch of "politicians" or better "soldiers" ready to legitimate everything with enough money and power.

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