Parodper

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[–] Parodper@foros.fediverso.gal 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thanks, since the page didn't mention where they had gone to I assumed they were just gone.

Gotta say though, not a fan on using subdomains. It would have been better to have everything under social-network.europa.eu (which I just tried and doesn't have a web page). It's not like there's a limit on number of profiles per instance.

 

Things must be hard if the EU can't keep a single Mastodon server up.

[–] Parodper@foros.fediverso.gal 38 points 3 months ago (10 children)

Aren't the Olympics free?

[–] Parodper@foros.fediverso.gal 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don't think anybody in Spain cares about this.

[–] Parodper@foros.fediverso.gal 7 points 4 months ago (9 children)

In that case mods should do that ASAP, to give enough time to people to notice it before the server shuts down.

Also should probably create the new community, lemm.ee doesn't seem to have one already.

[–] Parodper@foros.fediverso.gal 3 points 4 months ago (11 children)

Is there a way to move it to another instance?

Hope I'm wrong, but I don't think so.

[–] Parodper@foros.fediverso.gal 8 points 4 months ago (4 children)

What's the matter with this instance? I see that the main page doesn't load.

[–] Parodper@foros.fediverso.gal 6 points 9 months ago

I'm curious, what are the other electoral systems you're talking about?

[–] Parodper@foros.fediverso.gal 3 points 9 months ago

Might be an issue with fonts?

[–] Parodper@foros.fediverso.gal 18 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Honestly, just use Debian. It can run under 200MB of RAM (default install), so it beats all distros on the list except for TinyCore and SliTaz, and it actually has packages.

[–] Parodper@foros.fediverso.gal 2 points 11 months ago

Doesn’t look like more direct.

EP parties usually have a candidate for the Commission that they show during election, so voters know who they will support. On the other hand, the European Council members are usually chosen from internal politics and issues, and at different times.

Last time a union had president, it was quickly dissolved before first term ended.

That's just a name though. The election would stay the same, even if it were called «First Janitor».

I don’t think having one person on position like this is good for union.

The position is the same.

[–] Parodper@foros.fediverso.gal 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Why? It would give citizens a more direct way to choose the Commission.

[–] Parodper@foros.fediverso.gal 2 points 11 months ago

Honestly, no idea. The only solution I can see are NGOs. Specially at EU levels, you need to show that your opinion has support, and that you aren't just pushing your fringe idea. And on that front I believe the EU hasn't been lacking.

I think the EP would be a lot more accountable if it was elected on single member constituencies. This also has its own issues (main one being no minority representation), but it would allow a more direct connection with their electorate and people would know who to talk to when they want to push for something.

 

Full proposal

From that link:

  • a more bicameral system and fewer deadlocks in the Council, through more decisions by qualified majority voting and the ordinary legislative procedure;
  • a fully-fledged right of legislative initiative, and a co-legislator role for Parliament for the long-term budget;
  • an overhaul of the rules for the Commission’s composition (rebranded as the “European Executive”), including the election of its President (with the nomination to be done by Parliament and the approval by the European Council - a reversal of the current process), limiting the number of Commissioners to 15 (rotating between the member states), enabling the Commission President to choose their College based on political preferences with geographic and demographic balance in mind, and a mechanism to censure individual Commissioners;
  • significantly greater transparency in the Council by publishing EU member state positions on legislative issues;
  • more say for citizens through an obligation for the EU to create appropriate participatory mechanisms and by giving European political parties a stronger role.

Some changes missing from that link that I found interesting:

  • Switch from «High Representative» to «Union Secretary» and «President of the European Council» to «President of the European Union».

I very much prefer the old names, and I don't like the downgrade from High Representative to Secretary.

  • Parliament now chooses by itself how to divide its seats between member states.

Not really in favor of this, this should be the European Council's job.

  • More power to the CJEU for resolving inter-institutional disputes, and involving it in the process for suspension of EU membership.
  • Gives more agency to the European Defence Agency and gives the CSDP its own budget. It also copies NATO's article 5 wording for mutual defense.
  • Amending the treaties needs the approval of 4/5 of member states.

That would currently mean 22 out of 27, so no more French-Dutch veto.

  • Adding the risk to cross planetary boundaries when considering environmental policy (?)
  • Adds a more concrete language, from «may» and «suggest» to «shall» and «enforce».
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