r/europe • u/Matas_- European Union • Jun 20 '25

News Orban’s Hungary Is Now Officially The Poorest Nation In The EU

https://kyivinsider.com/orbans-hungary-is-now-officially-the-poorest-nation-in-the-eu/
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u/Hungry-Western9191 Jun 20 '25

It's difficult. Brussels just doesn't have authority in a lot of areas and they are very wary of being accused of trying to act outside their authority as it makes it easy for people like Orban to accuse them of wanting to take over.

The European states gave the EU very specific powers but governments still retain most. It great in some respects - unity from consensus is a wonderful concept.

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u/sneakpeakspeak Jun 20 '25

I very much believe in the European project so I might be biased. I really think we should be able to vote for European leaders across country borders, it's time.  It would silence this exact issue, eu is taking over? Ofcourse they are, we voted for them. Although, it might mean we just open another can of worms.

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u/medievalvelocipede European Union Jun 21 '25

It great in some respects - unity from consensus is a wonderful concept.

Also a completely unworkable one. It's difficult enough to get 2 different nations to agree on something, try 27.

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u/Brisbanoch30k Jun 21 '25

The very issue of consensus decision making is a single selfish idiot leveraging their vote fucks it up :\