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@mntmn voted, but I don't think EU elections have much of an impact. The EP mostly just rubber-stamps whatever the commission comes up with

@wolf480pl @mntmn which just proves they are both working as synchronized efficient body. Now imagine EP starts sabotaging all EC decisions, making it totally dysfunctional apparatus.

@ruff @mntmn
What I meant is EP is unable to resist any stupid stuff EC tries to pass (and EC reliably comes up with stupid stuff, see chat control, link tax, etc).

Now, EP resisting good stuff EC is trying to pass would indeed be a threat, one that could lead to destruction of the EU.

I don't know what this looks like in other countries, but in Poland, the parties that would seriously want to destroy and/or leave EU (as opposed to only pretending to want that) are hovering around 10%.

@ruff @mntmn
Which means in Poland, my vote for MEPs has:

- little impact on whether we will have EU in the future (those parties aren't strong here anyway)

- no impact on what form of EU we will have in the future (tighter vs looser integration, mutliple levels of integration for different subsets of countries, etc)

- no impact on bullshit like chat control

Heck, my vote in national elections has more impact on that than in the EP elections.

@wolf480pl @ruff @mntmn
It does because in your national elections you elect the other, more powerful chamber of the European Parliament, the EU "Senate". EU laws are not made this way: EU Commission proposes --> EP rubberstamps. You're forgetting the 2 most powerful institutions in the EU. ;)
#WTFistheCouncil

@Veza85UE @ruff @mntmn I'm aware of the Council, and this is precisely why I said that the national elections matter more.

And I think the Council is mostly good at finding compromises and blocking bills that would disproportionately disadvantage particular member states.

Without the Council, the EU would be a shitshow.

That being said, the EP appears useless, and the EC appears opaque and corrupt.