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BrikoX@lemmy.zip 10 hours agoThe EU has been overstepping their bounds for years now. The difference now is that they’re doing things that everyone knows is authoritarian. They’ve been authoritarian all along, but the lefties were ok with it because it was authoritarianism that they agreed with.
EU does flex its power a lot, but the only case I know where you can say they are overstepping their authority was the money borrowing on the EU level during COVID-19 pandemic. Since they have no power of taxation, EU might not be able to repay its debts if countries don’t voluntary repay or other countries cover those debts.
Do you have other examples where they breached their authority?
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 9 hours ago
The EU should have had no ability to make Apple allow alternative app stores or have to accept alternate in-app payments. They should have no ability to force Microsoft to give new users a choice to use a competitors browser on startup. For example.
BrikoX@lemmy.zip 9 hours ago
Whether they should or shoudn’t is a different question though. You said “overstepping their bounds” and “they’re doing things that everyone knows is authoritarian”. If they have authority to do that, it can’t be that.
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 8 hours ago
They just do whatever they want though, because there’s no one to pull them up.
BrikoX@lemmy.zip 8 hours ago
Sure there is. There are multiple Europen Union courts and so far they complied with every single rulling. When they fail to do so, we can start talking about authoritarianism or abuse of power.