Although every word of what this European Parliamentarian says is true and would work, I have a couple of problems with it all.
Now I need someone far more knowledgeable about the intricacies of the Soviet Politburo European Union to fact check me on this. But I believe the actual elected parliament in the EU is kind of a Punch and Judy puppet show in front of the actual power, which is the European Commission.
Let’s see what Vladimir Bukovsky has to say about how it works.
If we compare the internal structure of the two unions, [The Soviet Union and the European Union] we discover a striking similarity. The Soviet Union was run by 15 people, never elected by anyone, members of the political committee of the Communist Party, they appointed each other to the positions, they were not accountable to anyone. The European Union is led by 25 commissioners, also never elected by anyone, members of the European Commission, and they are also not accountable to anyone, and they cannot be replaced either. The common feature of the Soviet and Brussels bodies is that a significant part of their decisions and evaluations are not public. Just a recent example from Brussels.
Christopher Davis, a professor at the University of Oxford, recently revealed in an interview with Magyar Hírlap that Brussels prepared a secret study, the content of which was not shared with EU citizens. According to E, the sanctions decisions against Russia were made too quickly, and all of this was done under political pressure, and there was no prior economic impact study. The EU did not make any plan about the impact of the sanctions, it decided randomly.
In an ideological sense, the similarity between the Soviet and Brussels systems is even more striking, but perhaps in this case it is more appropriate to speak of identity. The goal of the Soviet Union was to create a new historical community, the “Soviet people”, the “socialist type of man”. Everyone was indoctrinated to forget their nationality, traditions and customs. The European Union does not want to see Frenchmen, Germans, Hungarians, Poles, etc. either. He wants a new historical community to be created, everyone to be European, suppress all national feelings and live in a multinational community.
So as thrilling as it is to see this MEP actually offer practical solutions to the problem, indicating that at least he understands the reality of the problem more than we are used to by those who have the pretence of representing our political interests, it feels more like WWE in the light of how the actual legislative body works. The wrestler who represents the average American enters the ring. The crowd cheers. Some folding chairs are broken, People either leave frustrated waiting for a rematch, or leave vindicated imagining that good has conquered evil. But like Brexit, the vote to leave the EU did not seem to have any practical effect in terms of restoring the national sovereignty of the United Kingdom whatsoever.
Mass migration increased and without checking I bet the Brits did not get their fishing or any other rights back from the EU.
Vladimir Bukovsky on the EU
Vladimir Bukovsky 1942-2019
https://www.vladimirbukovsky.com/
Vladimir Bukovsky | My Life as a Dissenter
Oslo Freedom Forum 2009
20B. Russian dissident Vladimir Bukovsky Part 1 (lecture only)
Dissident Vladimir Bukovsky gives a lecture at Concordia University, in Montreal, Canada, organized by Adrian Chomenko in 1986. Bukovsky exposed the Soviet use of psychiatry against political prisoners. He spent 12 years in prisons, gulags, or labour camps and psychiatric hospitals. In 1976 the Soviet Union threw him out of the country using an exchange of prisoner with the West. Psychiatric abuses, around 31 min.
Yuri Luhovy – November 24, 2023 Concordia University
21. Russian dissident Vladimir Bukovsky Part 2 Question period
Yurij Luhovy – November 24, 2023
Vladimir Bukovsky EU = USSR