The European Union is made up of democratic member states--for now. Stop trying to pretend that the EU has anything to do with governing competence or democracy. Well, other than killing both of them.
The European Union admits to pandemic vaccine failure:
It’s an admission that reveals deeper problems in institutional Europe. Bluntly, the EU isn’t as effective as it likes to think it is in many policy areas where it took over responsibility from member states.
Do not become confused. "Institutional Europe" is not the same as Europe. The proto-imperial institutional Europe EU doesn't take over responsibilities from European member states in order to have more effective policies. The EU takes over responsibilities in order to have more power.
The means are pretty much the ends. One day, with enough vaccine and cheese regulations in place, the EU can finally strip away the prefix. The war-mongering peasantry be damned if it doesn't work out for them.
Oh, and at this point the author of that EU article is just effing with us, right?
The world’s largest economic bloc is proving erratic as a champion of democracy, too.
I nearly spewed my beer across the screen when I got to the "champion of democracy" part.
And yeah, I know what time it is. It's St. Patrick's Day somewhere, right?
Exit question: how much longer will authors feel the need to issue ritual denunciations of Trump in their articles when there is no real point?
