Comment by saubeidl
1 day ago
> That's a very generous definition of "voted". As I said people can't vote for the EU commission nor can the parliament vote for the members of the commission. Remember that the EU commission is the ONLY one that can propose laws, the parliament CAN NOT do this even though it's their job.
People can't vote for ministers etc either. That's how representative democracy works.
> How about that German journalist that critizied a politician regarding free speech and got probation?
You mean a neonazi that was spreading Nazi propaganda in Germany, which is a bit sensitive when it comes to that sort of thing for obvious historical reasons?
> Or when the police raided someone's home because he called a politician on Twitter a "dick
That was in fact ridiculous and I agree with you that this shouldn't have happened. But that isn't "the EU" that's German conservatives.
>That's how representative democracy works.
You can't compare voting ministers with how the voting for EU institution works. The votes get so watered down that its far away from representative.
>You mean a neonazi that was spreading Nazi propaganda in Germany
Ah yes everyone is a Nazi... no I'm talking about David Bendels. You may not like Deutschland-Kurier (I certainly do not, that's also not relevant) but going after a journalist because he posted a meme picture of Nancy Faeser with the text "I hate freedom of speech" is way over the top (and proves him right ironically).
>But that isn't "the EU" that's German conservatives
That was the SPD which is on the left spectrum.
You don't seem to know much about this stuff so why bother replying trying to make other readers think I were some sort of disinformation spreader? That's incredibly dishonest.