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Posted by Olog-hai on Tue Apr 7 02:32:24 2009, in response to Re: Obama ''extraordinarily impressed'' by European *leadership* . . ., posted by SMAZ on Tue Apr 7 02:22:27 2009. Vacation, sick days, maternity leave and health care are something that Europe does much better and it brings great benefits to individuals and families alike, not to mention the kind of piece of mind that is essential in a healthy societyThey were doing OK on that score. Then the Brussels government took away the opt-out in the Working Time Directive. (Among other things.) I think that they should be more like us when it comes to discrimination enforcement, attitudes towards race and immigration (the legal kind), the administration of justice, our more streamlined bureaucracies and the decentralization and localized decision-making that makes American society and culture innovative and vibrant That would take embracing democracy on the federal level. But that wasn't something designed into the EU, even going way back to the original Treaty of Rome. (The European Parliament is a typical sham democracy; the institutions with the real power, the European Commission and European Council, are all appointed.) |
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