More about the EU democracy

The latest press release from FFII is about the sad state of the EU:

"The EU legislative process is turning into a fast-food factory fed by special interests", says Pieter Hintjens, president of the FFII. He points out: "instead of the careful, balanced, and impartial process we expect to see, law-making is becoming hasty, heavily lobbied, and driven by autocratic commercial and political agendas. The Big Brother anti-privacy law (aka 'data retention directive') is symptomatic of wider problems." He continues: "Europe's citizens are being caught in a 'triple trap'. First, we have lost control over the process, and our elected bodies are being bullied into accepting bad laws. Second, laws are being passed to make ordinary citizens into criminals on a massive scale. Third, the EU is gaining the power to enforce its criminal sanctions in member nations." Jonas Maebe of the FFII says: "The Council and Commission have not given up on their strategy on trying to push through Parliament whatever they like. They misrepresent independent studies. They encourage Parliament to disregard due diligence in the interest of some vague higher goal: the Lisbon agenda in the software patents case, fighting terrorism in case of data retention. Stakeholders don't get a proper chance to be heard, or are plainly ignored."

EU is a good idea, but it is truly sad that it is being made into such a mess :(