[honkostani]

Its like a ocean wave, crashing against the cliff, year in, year out, proposal after proposal, waiting for that final atrocity, justifying pushing it through. The white cliffs of Dover, with no plan on how to regain one day that land, once the crisis subsides. And no mechanism to prevent a permanent crisis, because the controls justify the manufacturing of endless crisis.

[themafia]

Like labeling "public rejection" as "controversy."

What controversy? People just said no.

[layer8]

Well, we do have the ECJ as a corrective: https://ccdcoe.org/incyder-articles/eu-data-retention-direct...

[boltzmann-brain]

Not just. See my other comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45767226

[St0n3d]

Unfortunately the ECJ’s orders aren’t strictly followed and they recently pretty much indicated they could support an atrocious law like ProtectEU. Perhaps to save face.

[KurSix]

This is poetic and painfully accurate