> they will have to lead from a position of deep unpopularity

Can you elaborate on... why?

▲ t0bia_s 2 days ago | parent [-]

Tons of regulations over and over.

  General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
  EU Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act)
  ePrivacy Directive (Cookie Law)
  Digital Services Act (DSA)
  Digital Markets Act (DMA)
  Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)
  Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)
  EU Emissions Trading System (ETS)
  Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)
  REACH Regulation (chemicals control)
  Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR)
  Nature Restoration Law
  Renewable Energy Directive (RED III)
  Working Time Directive
  Posted Workers Directive
  Roaming Regulation (price caps for telecoms)
  VAT Directive (harmonized VAT rules)
  State Aid Rules
  Schengen Border Code (migration/border controls)
  Eco-design and product standardization rules
  Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)
  EU Taxonomy Regulation
  Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation
  Regulation to Prevent and Combat Child Sexual Abuse

It dictate sustainability, but instead create unsustainable behemot that costs tax payers more than it brings. It hampers competitiveness, remove freedoms from citizens and holding back the economy. One of the original ideas of building EU was to bring common market. Not any more.

Basically EU holds power through funding projects by grants, which fundamentally breaks free market and there is no transparency in it (ie. Pfizer contracts, proponents of Chat Control, etc.).

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snowpid 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

ehm lol? Roaming Regulation (price caps for telecoms) is very popular and was even advertised by the EU itself. DSA, DMA and REACH arent very famous but you explain more deeply most people would agree. Orban was voted out of office e.g. because chemical problems in a Samsung factory. So at least your hypothesis must be cited. Apple and Google arent very popular mega corps.

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t0bia_s 2 days ago | parent [-]

Apple and Google arent very popular mega corps

That's why DSA doesn't work. Small and medium-sized enterprises comply and delete unnecessary content because they face crippling fines, while big ones just pay fines made from harmful content. Over and over.

	▲	snowpid 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		tell me more about these popular small and medium sized enterprises which are struggeling under the obligation of the DSA. I like to hear which ones at least. Btw, the Very Large ones regulated under DSA are either neutral or negative seen.

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subscribed 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Half of these are vital for wellbeing and financial reasons. Only a libertarian or MAG hatter argued that, say, Working Time directive, Schengen regulations or GDPR are detrimental to EU citizens.

LOL.