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I'm from Polish descent. CAN YOU GUYS EXPLAIN THE EU TO ME? [115]
The EU apparatus pretends at times to be a country, at other times not.
Well, she isn't, she can't and she don't!
The EU has an unelected President - van Rompuy - chosen by France and Germany and a hopeless Foreign Minister - Catherine Ashton - who, unlike Rumpy (ex-PM of Belgium), has never been elected by anyone, anywhere.
They were elected in the same way as many member states (like Germany for example) choose their presidents too.
There are no EU parties
You've got to be kidding!
The european Parliament is full of them!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_political_party
Inform yourself BEFORE you post please!
The Constitution was rejected in democratic votes by Holland, France and Ireland and therefore entered into force.
Last time I looked it was democratically accepted....
/wiki/Treaty_of_Lisbon#Ratification
All EU member states had to ratify the Treaty before it could enter into law.A national ratification was completed and registered when the instruments of ratification were lodged with the government of Italy. The month following the deposition of the last national ratification saw the Treaty enter into force across the EU.
Under the original timetable set by the German Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the first half of 2007, the Treaty was scheduled to be fully ratified by the end of 2008, thus entering into force on 1 January 2009.
Well, as long as the majority get's to decide and you don't share the opinion of the majority you might as well speak of a "tyranny" but it's the best way of government we found to date.
I wonder if you might even less like a REALLY undemocratic...say....King....of Europe who wouldn't even need a treaty!
What we have is by no means perfect...but it's the best we ever had and we all profit from it.
Don't take it for granted! The alternatives would bring nothing better to Europe...
Some interesting reminder to dispell the notion that the EU is something Marsian some Aliens imposed on the poor, unsuspecting Poles...undemocratically!
Poles have voted to join the European Union by a large margin, according to preliminary results from this weekend's referendum.
About 77.5% have said yes to the EU, with a turnout of around 59%, according to initial results.
At least 50% turnout was needed for the referendum to be valid.
news.bbc
poland.gov.pl/Poland%E2%80%99s,way,to,UE,458.html
