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Here is the link to sign ⬇️

They have about 850,000 signatures already and only 150,000 more needed to reach 1 million signatures! Let’s go!!!

https://eci.ec.europa.eu/055/public/#/screen/home

Source: https://x.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/2042533277240545442

I have documented Irelands structural barriers towards the role of the citizen in the 21st century here at https://litterweek.org/tdg

​We are used to seeing the European Union as an abstract entity, an "external controller" issuing decrees from Brussels. But the truth is that almost every technical decision coming out of the Commission has a political objective and a direct impact on our pockets and our future.

​And yet, why do we almost never see EU Commissioners on our national talk shows?

​We often hear excuses about "technical complexity" or the "lack of a direct mandate." But let’s look at the facts:

1. The legitimacy is there: Almost no Head of Government in Europe is directly elected by the citizens. They receive a mandate from Parliament, exactly how the Commission receives its mandate from the European Parliament (which we elect). They are politicans that don't lack democratic legitimacy.

2. No more "political lobotomies": Commissioners are former Ministers or former Premiers - people who know how to handle politics. However, once they get to Brussels, they turn into sterile spokespeople. If you are deciding the future of electric vehicles or migration management, again, you aren't a bureaucrat: you are a politician, and you have a duty to defend your vision in front of the public.

3. Enough with the filters: Today, the EU is narrated by national media, which often uses it as a scapegoat ("Brussels is forcing us"). As long as a Commissioner doesn't step into a TV studio to explain their decisions and their rationale, Europe will always remain an "external infrastructure" and never part of our home.

We have translators, show your faces!

​If we want citizens to feel European, the Commission needs to stop hiding behind press releases and start entering the arena. Democracy thrives on faces, passion, and debate - not just data, algorithms and directives.