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EU Floats Canada Becoming the Bloc's First 'Associate Member'

83 points · 170 comments · helsinkiandrew

gizajob · 1789546655 · focus · HN ↗
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1. phoronixrly · 1789547077 · focus · HN ↗
  You keep spreading this, but the eurocommssion president gets appointed by the European Council, which consists of democratically elected heads of state.
  She is no less democratically elected than the prime minister of a parliamentary republic... They get appointed by the democratically elected parliament.
  1. vrganj · 1789547115 · focus · HN ↗
    Or the President of the US, which is also appointed by the democratically elected Electoral College...
    phoronixrly · 1789547471 · focus · HN ↗
    LMAO, right, just as representative!
    Get this Brexit-era disinfo off my screen...
    gampleman · 1789548582 · focus · HN ↗
    <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faithless_elector" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faithless_elector - this is actually pretty interesting.

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