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Germany is not supporting ChatControl – blocking minority secured

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1120 points xyzal | 1 comments | 11 Sep 25 08:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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ManBeardPc ◴[11 Sep 25 09:27 UTC] No.45209514[source]▶
Glad we could delay it for now. It will come back again and again with that high of support though. Also the German Bundestag is already discussing a compromise: https://www.bundestag.de/presse/hib/kurzmeldungen-1108356. They are only unhappy with certain points like breaking encryption. They still want to destroy privacy and cut back our rights in the name of "safety", just a little less.
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uyzstvqs ◴[11 Sep 25 09:55 UTC] No.45209691[source]▶
The bigger issue is that we need to make the EU actually democratic. Start by removing every branch but the European Parliament. That's the only solution.
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Vespasian ◴[11 Sep 25 09:59 UTC] No.45209723[source]▶
The EU council is formed by the democratically elected member states. This follows an "upper house" approach used in many european countries.

I'm strongly in favor of giving the parliament the ability to propose laws (directives). Currently only the comission can do that.

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1. incone123 ◴[11 Sep 25 10:45 UTC] No.45210011[source]▶
Do any member states follow the model of only the non directly elected upper house can propose legislation?