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TBO, I've heard of cases where some European politicians were sentenced for bribery, but I rarely hear about such cases in the US. I don't know, perhaps it's because American politicians have higher moral standards, or maybe it's because bribery is not illegal in the United States.
Americans just don't have a problem with it.
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You can have that opinion but until it's founded in reality it's just that: a baseless opinion. Will there be issues? Of course, whenever money is involved there are issues but as usual: level and degree matter. It's not binary black-and-white.
I bet you need lesson on corruption from EU court then, for exampl. Von der Leyen Commission loses COVID vaccine transparency case ahead of crucial vote https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMub-tzrKmk
Living in this black-and-white world where you expect absolutely no corruption is not helpful, von der Leyen has plenty to answer on the Pfizer case and as far as I know the case is still being looked upon so institutions are working, they might not be as fast as we would like to see a conclusion but that's how it works as of now.
I'd suggest you to play less into the shitstorming, it just creates even poorer discourse on the internet, the effects of such poor discourse can be seen on the political environment of the USA at the moment. I believe we can all agree that's not a path we would like to go to.
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This does not make sense to me. I question how much you have worked for the EU. 1. EU is the most aggressive when it comes to legislation far exceeding the US in terms of privacy law, competition law and setting strict minimums for labor conditions etc. 2. Being a candidate to run for Member of European Parliament is considered to be available only to the Member of National Parliaments with the most personal votes an…
I don't know where you are from, but at least in Slovenia if you see someone running for EU parliament you know he is basically retiring from politics. EU parliament has no actual power, EU is basically ran by EC and ECB.
As an institution, the EU parliament has real power. It's just that citizens are not particularly interested in what it does, and the media consequently does not report that much about it.
The core issue is that being a MEP looks like a career dead end to an invididual politician. While national MPs have less power, they enjoy more media attention. And if you are an MP for a major party, you have a real chance of becoming a minister. The same pathway does not work in the EU parliament, because commissioners are nominated by national governments rather than selected from MEPs.
What about Huawei home internet (fiber) modems / routers? Many large telcos in the EU use them.
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I'm more comfortable with Chinese than US masters.
Are you sure? Publically criticize the American government, then do the same with the Chinese government. Now, did your opinion change? Although I agree that with latest guys it won't be long before they also get a thought police.
[1] "Khalil is a “threat to the foreign policy and national security interests of the United States,” said the official, noting that this calculation was the driving force behind the arrest. “The allegation here is not that he was breaking the law,” said the official." https://www.thefp.com/p/the-ice-detention-of-a-columbia-stud...
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TBO, I've heard of cases where some European politicians were sentenced for bribery, but I rarely hear about such cases in the US. I don't know, perhaps it's because American politicians have higher moral standards, or maybe it's because bribery is not illegal in the United States.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/former-us-senator-rober...
What about Huawei home internet (fiber) modems / routers? Many large telcos in the EU use them.
There are other vendors? They are on Huawei because of price... Mine is Zyxel (Taiwan). There are others like Sagemcom (French), Fritzbox (German), not sure if microtik (Latvia) does end user stuff?
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I believe people fundamentally misunderstand what the EU is and how it works. Here is what I have learned from people who know the system very well and after working with it myself: - The EU is designed to be influenced and run by lobbies. And it is in the open and assumed. - The Parliament is a joke. And you can partially blame the member countries who really do not send their best there, because they know it is jok…
You know the bots are out in full force, when the first comment on a China-critical post is what-about-posts about how bad EU is. You can see how threatened they must feel by the amount of trolling they do
I also agree with you that whataboutism posters come out in droves whenever there is negative-sentiment news about a non-Western aligned entity.