After all, the EU deputies are swinging into line with the EU Council. That's what people like the concentrated incompetence of the German government - some call her the Federal Minister of Justice - imagine democracy to be. There was a clear vote of the European Parliament. There was a unanimous resolution of the Bundestag factions. There were clear protests and clear warnings from experts. And who will win in the end? The lobbyists.
If that's what democracy is supposed to be, then I'm Heinzelmann. And then the prolethicians in Berlin are surprised when the citizens reject the EU constitution - which would have given such mummery a constitutional cloak.
On the altar of monopolization, these idiots sacrifice the medium-sized software industry and open source. Just to crawl up to some slimy lobbyists - for which the companies they represent then diligently cut jobs, sell off parts of the company to non-European investors, and move production abroad.
Great strategy.
