Pro@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoChat Control is back & we've got two months to stop the EU CSAM scanning plans.tuta.comexternal-linkmessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareHumanius@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoThe EU is a democracy. While it’s not perfect (no system is), each of the bodies that make up the EU legislature are democratic: The European Parliament is directly elected in European elections every five years The European Commission is made up of commissioners from each country, which are in turn appointed by their democratically elected governments The European Council consists of the heads of state or governance, which are also democratically elected in the respective countries. The Council of the European Union is made up of government ministers, which are appointed by the democratically elected governments. Not every body is directly voted on, but each body comes forth from a democratic election Edit: The message I responded to originally made the claim that the “EU is no democracy.”
minus-squareClent@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoWhat you’re describing is a republic not a democracy.
The EU is a democracy.
While it’s not perfect (no system is), each of the bodies that make up the EU legislature are democratic:
Not every body is directly voted on, but each body comes forth from a democratic election
Edit: The message I responded to originally made the claim that the “EU is no democracy.”
What you’re describing is a republic not a democracy.