> Well they're not rounding people because of their religion or sexuality and putting them in "retraining" camps yet.

Right. They pay Turkey to do that: https://www.rescue.org/eu/article/what-eu-turkey-deal

I don’t think the EU is a classic dictatorship, but it’s a colossal failure nonetheless, has a severe lack of democracy and acceptance. And their personnel is mediocre, not like the US administration but it’s closer than ppl in this forum realize.