<story><title>ChatControl: EU ministers want to exempt themselves</title><url>https://european-pirateparty.eu/chatcontrol-eu-ministers-want-to-exempt-themselves/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>dantondwa</author><text>Obviously, this is about creating the infrastructure for a continent-wide surveillance program, using children pornography as a troy horse.&lt;p&gt;The problem is that EU institutions are so far and detached from the member states that most citizens are completely unaware of their doing, at least until said European laws get implemented locally.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>rickdeckard</author><text>&amp;gt; The problem is that EU institutions are so far and detached from the member states that most citizens are completely unaware of their doing&lt;p&gt;That&amp;#x27;s largely because citizens of several countries accept the narrative of their local governing parties that the EU is some &amp;quot;external force&amp;quot; that is outside of anyone&amp;#x27;s control.&lt;p&gt;Reality is that the EU is largely formed by members of local political parties sent to EU-institutions. They just send people there which they deem not useful for local campaigning or prefer to become &amp;quot;invisible&amp;quot; to local politics.&lt;p&gt;Citizens should not accept this narrative, and instead demand more transparency on the activities of the local politicians sent to EU, holding the party accountable for their actions (or non-action) within the EU.</text></comment>
<story><title>ChatControl: EU ministers want to exempt themselves</title><url>https://european-pirateparty.eu/chatcontrol-eu-ministers-want-to-exempt-themselves/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>dantondwa</author><text>Obviously, this is about creating the infrastructure for a continent-wide surveillance program, using children pornography as a troy horse.&lt;p&gt;The problem is that EU institutions are so far and detached from the member states that most citizens are completely unaware of their doing, at least until said European laws get implemented locally.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mrtksn</author><text>&amp;gt;The problem is that EU institutions are so far and detached from the member states that most citizens are completely unaware of their doing&lt;p&gt;What is the base of this claim? There are EU elections this year FYI.</text></comment>