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The EU Is Letting Hungary and Poland Erode Democracy (foreignpolicy.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [M] to c/statecraft@lemmy.cafe
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I'm sort of torn on this. I really like the idea of all member states having an equal say on things, but at the same time Hungary and Poland's fairly extreme stance is holding the whole bloc back.

Is there a democratic way to solve this? I'm not aware of one.

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[–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

The problem is that many decisions require complete consensus, a majority isn't enough. Maybe changing that to, say, 80%, which is still an overwhelming majority, helps with political blackmailing.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 years ago

    I would probably, personally, be in favour of such implementation, but I can also understand that I support it because it aligns with my views. Would I support it if the situation was different? Say EU-wide all-electronic-comms scan for some bs reason, and my country is the only one (or in a tiny minority) objecting it? Most likely not.

    Politics is tough. People are tough.

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