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Published · transcript-backedGarett Jones: recommendation
26 Feb 2020 Conversations with Tyler Garett Jones on Democracy (More or Less)
“I’ll get its name wrong right now because there’s so many of these European courts, but I’d strengthen their jurisdiction to be able to dive into the local political systems of the countries they’re overseeing, make it just a little bit more like a national government.”
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- Garett Jones
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- 26 Feb 2020
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…Because they have more than 10 percent less democracy than they used to, right? Yeah, yeah. I think I would probably strengthen the jurisdiction of the EU’s top court. I’ll get its name wrong right now because there’s so many of these European courts, but I’d strengthen their jurisdiction to be able to dive into the local political systems of the countries they’re overseeing, make it just a little bit more like a national government. If someone said we should replace the European Council with a true executive, a single person who would be highly visible and evaluated as such, and that might make the EU more accountable to voters or public opinion, do you agree or disagree?…
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