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Dave Keating
@davekeating.substack.com

🤦‍♂️JFC they already can intervene it's called the vote in the 🇪🇺Council. No EU legislation gets passed without the national governments approving it. Our national leaders in Europe are either idiots or liars. And I don't think they're idiots.

POLITICO Europe@politico.eu

EU capitals must be able to intervene to stop new legislation from Brussels if they say it’s too burdensome for governments and businesses, the leaders of Germany, Italy and Belgium wrote on Monday.

politico.euGermany, Italy request ’emergency brake’ power to stop new EU lawsFriedrich Merz, Giorgia Meloni and Bart de Wever said Brussels must accelerate business simplification efforts.
Pepper The Pirate 🇪🇺
@pepperthepirate.bsky.social

*Sigh*. You vote for your PM or president which as part of the European Council elected vdL as the Commission's president. This election is confirmed by the European Parliament, which is composed of parties and members for which again *you* vote. How the fuck is this so hard to understand?