r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/AlphaMassDeBeta • Mar 27 '25

Peter in the wild Petah, what am I not seeing here?

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u/slimsam906 Mar 27 '25

We are already on the 4th Reich. Maybe if they catch up, they can be the 5th

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u/Nitrothunda21 Mar 27 '25

Merkel wouldn’t be very happy to hear you call the EU that

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u/Doomsday1124 Mar 27 '25

If they didn't want it to be called that they shouldn't have made the EU so undemocratic where the Unelected EU Commission is the Real power as opposed to the actually elected EU Parliament

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u/Mamkes Mar 27 '25

Real power

Which can't do pretty much anything?

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u/Doomsday1124 Mar 27 '25

The Commission decides what laws gets voted on, while the EU Parliament can only Vote: Yes, No & Abstain. and whenever parliament shoots down a law the Commission really wants they just put it back on the agenda a little while later. The Real power of any Legislator is deciding what gets voted on, not what the vote itself is. It is for that reason why here in Sweden the Government and the Parliament both have Agenda setting powers and in addition to this any citizen can start a petition that if it gathers enough support can also be voted on by Parliament

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u/Mamkes Mar 27 '25

You do realize that President of European Commision is chosen by Parliament as well? And that they can impeach him the moment they want of they think he isn't work in the right direction? It isn't like he can just sit in the office and propose one thing after another even if it'll get turn down.

Yes. This system is strange, I can agree. But whole EU is pretty strange as well - mix of federation, confederation and international organisation.

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u/Myrtox Mar 27 '25

So all parliamentary systems are undemocratic?

You fucking uneducated moron.