• myrmidexA
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    Not the ones before? What soured you on this particular one?

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      2 days ago

      Being weak against big tech and taking bribes and also overruling last minute a decision by parliament.

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        Apologies for the pedantic question. More rhetorical than anything else, that’s how I seem to vent my frustration with such negative news. I just wanted to point out EU corruption is nothing new, but a well-established pattern by now. Yet the fearlessness or boldness with which it happens seems on the rise. And that’s before the far-right surge coming…

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            Juncker and Barroso weren’t too clean either. Not to mention Santer…