Re: Americans: that clueless cretin you elected just killed the CVE program :-(

On 4/19/2025 6:32 AM, chrisq wrote:

On 4/19/25 01:04, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Fri, 18 Apr 2025 16:21:45 +0100, chrisq wrote:
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The EU countries are even worse, with tariffs imposed + vat, on most
non EU sourced product. An organisation designed very much to be
protectionist.

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Ummm ... wasn’t it your choice to leave the EU?

 Don't see how that is connected, but yes, I did vote to leave that
corrupt and unaccountable organsation, and understand why. Little
more than a dictatorship, with a "parliament" that has no
legislative power at all. How is that democratic ?.

The European Parliament has legislative power.
The EU process is:
* European Commission propose legislation
* Legislation must be approved by:
   - European Parliament with simple majority
   - European Council with qualified majority
     (55% of votes or votes representing 65% of population)
Relative similar to a country where:
- legislation is proposed by the ministers
- approved by two chambers of parliament
The election process is a little bit complicated because
EU consist of independent countries:
        |-(elect)->country parliament-(elect)->country ministers-(is)->european council
        |       |
        |   (nominate)
        |       |
        |       v
people-| european comission
        |       ^
        |       |
        |   (approve)
        |       |
  |-(elect)----------------------------------------------------->european parliament
But the European Parliament part is the simple one.
Arne