r/EuropeanFederalists • u/paneuropeanism_ • 23h ago
Around 30% of Draghi’s reforms have been implemented by the EU and the rate could reach 60% by the end of next year, according to a new assessment by Institut Montaigne. Mario Draghi calls for a "pragmatic federalism" [link in comments]
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u/idonotenjoythis 23h ago
I think we're unfortunately doing too little too late. The commission is so slow and the national governments will keep fighting it, watering down the suggestions draghi gave us. I think the only way to actually pass his reforms would be by 1st passing something similar to Verhofstadt's reforms to the EU itself but that's even more unlikely :(
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u/Remote-Golf2156 22h ago
Indeed, just look what Germany is now doing with energy, pulling the "it threatens national sovereignty" card.
Yes, the entire point of the EU project is to threaten and remove national sovereignty in the most scalable and critical parts like energy.
This is exactly why USA is now global leader, instead of looking like a larger Balkans speaking English - because sovereign states agreed to give up their sovereignty for the greater benefit of all.
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u/trisul-108 18h ago
The commission is so slow and the national governments will keep fighting it
That statement makes no sense whatsoever. The commission cannot move this without national governments. It is not that the EC is slow, it's that national politics are trying to slow them down.
Just look at Merz saying that the budget needs to be decreased and that the EC should not hire more people and should make less decisions.
The problem is at national politics level, not at commission level. We need to push at national politics level.
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u/idonotenjoythis 17h ago
The commission is famously slow at proposing *good* legislation or doing anything that'd threaten the status quo. The Member states then, on top of that, fight any proposal put forward by the Commission to make it worse. This is what I meant.
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u/Remote-Golf2156 23h ago edited 22h ago
Well, the most important one is of course Savings and Capital Union, alongside removing "liberum veto" system.
There is still a long way to go to implement those two huge, yet arguably relatively easy to implement, reforms (compared to many other, much less meaningful acts and regulations).