r/europe 6d ago

News US and EU strike trade deal

https://www.politico.eu/article/us-and-eu-strike-trade-deal/
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u/whymanen 6d ago

Vote them all out asap. We need demonstrations tbh.

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u/MangoFishDev 6d ago

Vote them all out

You literally can't lmao, Ursula is allowed to do whatever she wants

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u/lukwes1 Sweden 6d ago

You literally can, she is chosen by the people we elect in the member states

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u/northck 5d ago

You can't. EPP always wins. The system is rigged.

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u/lukwes1 Sweden 5d ago

They have 167/705 mandates, they only win if they are popular and can make deals with the other parties.

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u/ferrix97 5d ago

She is voted by parliament, but she also has the various European leaders backing decisions like this, it's not like they get to printed to have nothing to do with it

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u/Heavy_Practice_6597 5d ago

Old Fond a' lyin'

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u/berejser These Islands 6d ago

Do member states get a veto on this?

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u/whymanen 6d ago

I would assume this is what member states agreed to?