[jkingsbery]

I don't understand how it's "progress" to move decisions from a small number of bureaucracies to a single, less accountable bureaucracy.

[heinrichhartman]

The same argument could be made against the US federal government. Two points: (A) unified legislation is tremendoulsy important for trade/business (B) larger associations have far more influence than small ones.

[hx87]

It's "progress" when the larger bureaucracy is harder to regulatorily capture, if only because in larger jurisdictions there are more competitors.

[smsm42]

> larger bureaucracy is harder to regulatorily capture

The example of US federal government does not exactly support this point.

[hx87]

It does when you compare it to state and municipal governments.

[smsm42]

I don't see any indication federal government is more resistant to regulatory capture than state government. It may be more expensive, but the numbers are still don't even breach 1% of potential profits, and capturing one federal regulator is much better and easier than capturing fifty+ state ones or ten thousand local ones...

[DasIch]

The EU is accountable, democratic and transparent (more transparent than some countries, like Germany, within the EU anyway).

[esturk]

Because no where does it imply progress. 'Victory' could very well mean maintaining the status quo.

[programmarchy]

Oh but the neoliberal corporatist elite have our best interests at heart, you see.