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Why are Europeans more effective at passing big legislation than the US? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by nodimetotie@lemmy.world to c/europe@feddit.de

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EU has done really well on passing big laws such as GDPR in the recent years, while the US can't even seem to decide whether to fund their own government. Why do you think Europe is doing better than the US? One would think that since EU is more diverse it would be harder to find common ground. And there were examples of that during the Greece debt crisis. But not anymore, it seems.

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[–] bikesarethefuture@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago (8 children)

USA government is just a puppet of lobbying groups IE: private companies. Thankfully Europe doesn't reach that level yet

[–] bleistift2@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (7 children)

“yet”.

I feel like we’re just one or two decades behind on … everything bad in the US.

[–] CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

EU is to ununified to be governed by lobbyists, also our courts work...

[–] suomisepp@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

I think it is exactly the other way around. Companies are well-organized on the global level and can influence Brussels and national EU governments. See the latest Qatar scandal or the often cited cucumber regulations. However, in Europe, the social market orientation results in majorities favoring more government control. In contrast, the US often rejects such policies as "communism".

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