[sunaookami]

You see an article about how the EU tries to force a law after it got struck down by forcing it through with a legal trick and all you can think of is how any comment that critizes this is propaganda? Get a grip

[Rexxar]

EU doesn't tries to force a law. Some politicians does. EU is just a group of institutions.

[impossiblefork]

It's strongly connected to the structure of the EU though, and the weak control that voters have over appointments to the commission, and every level of indirection is one at which the appointer can be influenced.

If EU institutions are used to push this sort of thing, we must treat that as what they are for. Systems do not get a pass because someone external is 'using them', but must be treated holistically.

[inigyou]

EU institutions are the ones blocking it! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48797761

[vrganj]

Its not "the EU" that tries to force the law, it's the Council.

You know what the Council consists of? The heads of national governments.

You know who they're having to force it through against? The EU parliament, an actual EU-level institution.

The more accurate read would thus be "national governments are trying to force this against the will of the EU".

The fact that you come away with the exact opposite read is a good demonstration of said propaganda's effectiveness.

[rightbyte]

It is an interesting take on it. I think there is a lack of understanding on how politics work among many.