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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: 0.231s | 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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1. doikor ◴[12 Sep 25 08:46 UTC] No.45220083[source]▶
Why would any member state give away their sovereignty like that?

EU is setup like it is on purpose. Parliament represents the people, council the member countries and commission EU itself.

The one with most power is the council as nothing really goes though without their (heads of state of the member countries) approval as EU has no legislative powers of its own but instead member countries have to implement the directives.