I don't think this comment will contribute much, so please forgive that, but calling a "Collaboration between Europol and the Shadowserver Foundation" for "Euro cops" is probably the most Australian thing I've ever seen on the entire internet.
I enjoyed the title more that I want to admit TBH :)
In every country in Europe people are pissed with their government and hate the police but when its a "Euro" thing it feels much better.
The online narrative may make you think that "Europe" is a dirty word(chat control, cookie banner, regulations, fines etc), but its actually much more pure than any local politics and much much less divisive. The "Euro cops" phrase gives me the feeling of bunch of police officers that are not particularly fun at parties but are definitely not corrupt.
This reminded me of something Jean-Claude Juncker once said about democracy in the EU:
> We all know what to do, but we don't know how to get re-elected once we have done it.
Being a step removed from local politics means they can do stuff without the immediate fear they're all kicked out, but the other downside of people not really caring who they elect is it's relatively easy to be elected on a "We hate the EU" line. It's a weird place.
The EU has its advantages, but I'd never list "more pure" and "not corrupt" among them. The EU introduced lobbying (=legal corruption) into European politics when most countries historically didn't have much of it. It also has a massive amount of normal, God-fearing illegal corruption.
Many of the biggest stories about the EU are about or have a sizable aspect of corruption. Chat Control amd Thorn, Ursula von der Leyen and Big Pharma, Ursula von der Leyen and $anything.
Follow the Money is a thriving investigative journalism publication that lives off uncovering corruption in the EU.
I mean your version is much more entertaining, but there was a TV series (1988-1992) that was actually called Eurocops.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094456/
mrtksn|4 months ago
In every country in Europe people are pissed with their government and hate the police but when its a "Euro" thing it feels much better.
The online narrative may make you think that "Europe" is a dirty word(chat control, cookie banner, regulations, fines etc), but its actually much more pure than any local politics and much much less divisive. The "Euro cops" phrase gives me the feeling of bunch of police officers that are not particularly fun at parties but are definitely not corrupt.
oliwarner|4 months ago
> We all know what to do, but we don't know how to get re-elected once we have done it.
Being a step removed from local politics means they can do stuff without the immediate fear they're all kicked out, but the other downside of people not really caring who they elect is it's relatively easy to be elected on a "We hate the EU" line. It's a weird place.
constantius|4 months ago
Many of the biggest stories about the EU are about or have a sizable aspect of corruption. Chat Control amd Thorn, Ursula von der Leyen and Big Pharma, Ursula von der Leyen and $anything.
Follow the Money is a thriving investigative journalism publication that lives off uncovering corruption in the EU.
https://netzpolitik.org/2022/dude-wheres-my-privacy-how-a-ho...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfizergate
https://www.ftm.eu/
junaru|4 months ago
Objectively false [1]. Europe is pissed at government (~30% approval) and love the police (70% approval). Hating on police is an US thing exclusively.
1: https://opendata.cbs.nl/#/CBS/nl/dataset/80518ned/table
anonzzzies|4 months ago
those exist, never met any luckily, guess I hang in positive circles.
heresie-dabord|4 months ago
A sense of unity builds optimism, especially in very troubled times.
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