Comment by nuthje
5 days ago
> Fines imposed on undertakings found in breach of EU antitrust rules are paid into the general EU budget. This money is not earmarked for particular expenses, but Member States' contributions to the EU budget for the following year are reduced accordingly. The fines therefore help to finance the EU and reduce the burden for taxpayers.
This quote is re: anti-trust, but likely generalizes.
https://competition-policy.ec.europa.eu/index/fines_en#:~:te...
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Please, enlighten me how exactly is the EU not democratic.
I am very sure you have excellent arguments to support this claim.
We can't elect a single official to reverse and destroy decades of work without any parliamentary debate, I guess that makes EU non democratic as opposed to the brilliant US example.
It's a very often repeated criticism of the EU. While it's member states are democratic, the EU Parlament is kinda it's own thing.
I personally still consider it somewhat democratic, as we so have votes (even though they have horrendous voter participate) - but it's not a niche opinion.
This is a recurring Russian propaganda point, now amplified by the new US Administration. I am curious about the basis for this.
Could you explain further from your perspective how you came up with this conclusion?
Those pesky Russians and common sense of using #964B00 in your navbar then getting hit for 500 million is stupid.
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