I’m speaking as someone who lives in England and who is glad that we left this undemocatic monolith.
Ursula von der Leyen is head of the EU Commission. She was voted into power in a secret ballot, even though she was the only candidate! How would that go down in the USA? Not too well I suspect.
There are times when a secret ballot will produce a better result than an open one. Everywhere politics is a team sport. Sometimes you are forced - by threat or by peer pressure - to vote with the team, even if you know it’s not the best way to vote. I am convinced that the most recent impeachment vote here in the US would have been different had it been a secret ballot. In the EU’s case, I can see many reasons why a secret ballot would be preferable. For just one, the big dogs will always get their way unless the constituents are allowed to vote their conscience instead of their team. That would not produce a desirous result for a “union”, although it might do well for, say, Germany and France.
UK ministers eager to ease immigration rules for Indian citizens
Offer could be on table in upcoming trade talks in Delhi in bid to access to country’s growing economy
Oh whoopee! The economy of India, not to mention that you’re looking at perhaps a tiny slice of it, doesn’t amount to giving the crooked elbow to the rest of the EU. Here’s a nice graph for you. It explains in simple terms how big “India” is and compares it to, well, the rest of the world. Notice that the GDP of India is only a tiny fraction of Europe’s economic output and Britain will be lucky to get an even tinier sliver of that, given the distance and logistics involved in trade half way across the globe.
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/…
There. See the green? That’s the EU, mostly. See the red? That’s not India, India is just that small blob up in the corner. This is not a serious argument, but you knew that didn’t you? Or are you in thrall to the know-nothings there?
If the EU is so great then why doesn’t the USA apply for membership?
OK, now I take it from this that you are not serious, because it’s an idiotic rejoinder. Good luck with your little country, I fear you have much to learn.