• matlag@sh.itjust.works
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    16 hours ago

    The EU just re-introduced ChatControl after being rejected twice by the elected representatives. The third time, a majority of elected representatives still voted against it, but thanks to a trick embedded in the rules, it passed anyway: introduced as an “urgent” bill, they needed absolute majority to stop it.

    So no, sorry, as lond as that kind of shit can happen, the EU is a flawed democracy. Maybe it’s not as fucked as some others, but it’s flawed nonetheless.

    The datacenter in Denmark waiting is a good Denmark’s policy. This is not the same in other countries, it is not a EU policy.

    • Buffalox@lemmy.world
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      5 hours ago

      You are way off regarding the chat control, We’ve had regulation that has worked fine since 2002! This has been revised a few times, and the proposal in 2026 was voted down by the EU parliament.
      The Parliament then decided for it, so there was a democratic majority in Parliament, that decided that it should require a super majority to block it again.

      When to sides disagree, it has to be decided one way or the other, you can’t always make everybody happy.
      I have no personal opinion on the issue, but it seems to me democracy has worked fine.

      Regarding not all countries doing things the same way we do, I maintain that nowhere in EU has a company been able to take over supply of electricity from the population, so the population didn’t have a supplier.
      Prices on electricity have gone up in general in Europe, but that’s also because of the heat waves we’ve had. Prices also go up here in such situations.