What the heck is it with Europeans automatically assuming everything "bad" or "corrupt" is US driven. You are in serious need of perspective.
Why is it that Americans automatically assuming that everything US driven is not "bad" or "corrupt"? And how is that assumption any better? The US has a "free" press and therefore our dirty laundry is out there for everyone to see.
Owned exclusively by Rupert Murdoch and Ted Turner is not "free" by any definition of the word, quotes or not. If you seriously think that the US public is well informed, you're the one in dire need of perspective. We have a freedom of information act that gives the press access to almost every corner of our government.
Have you ever tried using the Freedom of Information Act to obtain information? Not only does it take a ridiculous amount of time for even the most benign request, but the documents released are often sanitized (read:censored). At least EU is honest about what they do.
No they aren't. The EU is as crooked as the rest of them. Power corrupts. So I give the EU countries (in general, lumping them together is bad American of me I admit) the nod on this one.
On the other hand recognizing that the EU isn't a country, or sovereign state, demonstrates your insight quite well. As long as you remain a semi-anonymous everyday joe, keep your mouth shut and don't rock the boat politically or economically, they probably won't bother you.
Sure. But eventually more and more people will get upset, and start rocking the boat. They're too late to stop the Internet. The cat is out of the proverbial bag. Wealthy democracies have a much more civilized form of despotism!
Too true.