Funny, my view as European is that governments are the only entities powerful enough to actually keep companies in check. Without them, companies would do to you whatever they would like.
have you considered that perhaps companies and governments are together on this?ok, governments do slow down things and come up with regulations here and there (if they decide to). Imo, at the end of the day, they both play on the same team...
I'm also an European, and I disagree strongly. Not everybody in Europe is a socialist.
The only thing that guarantees fair treatment is competition (so that for example a worker can quit and work somewhere else). Government rules just breed corruption and inefficiency that harms everybody.