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Who should we vote for then? That’s very hard to decide without a lot of research. I would say the pirate party is a safe bet. But if there are multiple candidates you need to be sure your vote goes to a strong candidate to increase your chances of success. But just figuring out who this might be is already hard.

Then of course there’s the non-democratic structure of the union itself where the non voted commission decide the laws.




It varies from country to country who you can vote for to oppose such legislation. You need to investigate your local representatives.

Also, the Commission only proposes legislation, it doesn't enact it. Only the EU Parliament can enact legislation. The comission is similar to the Government of most democratic countries, also in the fact that it's not directly democratically elected. However, you still have plenty of democratic control over it, just not in EU specific elections, but in your own country's elections.

Edit: mistook the Council for the Commission. Corrected in line.


This is not reality TV, it's important that you cast a vote aligned with your views, not who is most likely to win or loose. If you're unsure which party represents your views, you can use tools like https://euandi.eu/

The EU structure is democratic, you can see a summary of each body and how its formed at https://european-union.europa.eu/institutions-law-budget/lea...




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