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Why are Europeans more effective at passing big legislation than the US? (lemmy.world)
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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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The word you are looking for is corruption. It always gets mixed up with lobbying. Lobbying is not inherently bad. It is good practice to ask the people a law applies to, if the law is feasible. It helps to avoid passing laws, that are completely impracticable and destroy a whole sector of economy in the worst case.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'd agree if there was a level playing field, but there isn't, those with the most money get the most influence. It is a form of corruption.

It's known as caviar diplomacy

Between 2012 and 2014, the Azerbaijan regime allegedly channeled billions of dollars through offshore companies to launder money and pay for bribes. That strategy was since dubbed “caviar diplomacy” after a report in which a senior Azerbaijani policymaker said: “There are a lot of deputies in the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly whose first greeting, after ‘Hello,’ is ‘Where is the caviar?’

https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/politico-eu-influence/azerbaijan-crisis-raises-fresh-scrutiny-over-eu-lobbying-battle-2/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, that's just corruption, not lobbyism.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Lobbyism leads to corruption is my feeling