My problem with the EU is what it is and where it's heading.
It's a great idea on paper, all those nations trading and living under one umbrella. The problem is the one umbrella is badly set up, badly run, undemocratic and perpetuates rules to justify it's existence in an endless stream of bureaucratic paper churning.
https://www.google.com/search?ei=i8p...10.YXNiaBda6dE
It makes no difference if some were generated by British bureaucrats, they're still bureaucrats who think like the rest. But Thommy doesn't see the obvious.
My fear is what it's set it's course on. A United States of Europe. Where one central government rules, with no checks and balances. Able to pass laws of some Utopian Dream state, but unable to tackle or even get the big questions right. There's no second house in the EU parliament, no checks and balances.
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/mat...b_9514608.html
This article tries to support the EU as democratic yet fails.
https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top...nion-1-5436421
It takes too much time criticising the UK and not enough justifying the top jobs.
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The most powerful EU figure by far, is the President of the EU Commission (the EU’s Civil Service), who is nominated by the European Council. The Council votes, by qualified majority, for a nominee for the post of President, taking account of the latest European elections. Their proposal is then put before the EU parliament which must approve or veto the appointment as well as the nominee’s team. Why so powerful? Because the European Commission is the sole initiator of legislation. All the European Council can do is give the Commission a helpful nudge twice per year. The current President of the EU Commission is Jean-Claude Juncker.
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Remember it's a work in progress and not the finished job.
I could go on but this is another reason it effects my life.