Behind closed doors: secret deals in the Council of the EU
Important legislative measures are blocked or delayed indefinitely by member states able to hide behind a veil of secrecy.
Juliet Ferguson, 7 December 2020 This article was originally published on opendemocracy.org.
“Blame Brussels.” This familiar response from politicians can be heard all over Europe, with policy-makers from Sweden to Poland, from Germany to Greece, shifting responsibility for unpopular or controversial legislation to a faceless, decision-making body stifled by bureaucracy. The UK found so much to “Blame Brussels” for, that in 2016 the country made the decision to leave the EU altogether.
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