You touched the nerve there K264 ... Archived Message Posted by Tomski on February 5, 2019, 7:11 pm, in reply to "More on that benign, supra-national entity" I remember watching the interview with Yanis Varoufakis where he said he was taken into a room with a bunch of shadowy unelected EU officials, during his negotiations, and told what his options where, submit (Greece) to their dictum or else. Unfortunately, I could not find this vid, but the following will have to do: To tie in with the previous post, it is telling that Yanis has resorted to secretly recording their negotiations on a mobile phone under the table, since he knew that there will be no minutes. Simplifying, the EU is an institution where we have the politics and economics of: Banks vs. People The solution, as Yanis argues ... is to democratise. I agree that he has correctly identified the problem but disagree with his solution, i.e. that it is possible to democratise EU. Cheers Message Thread: More on that benign, supra-national entity - Keith-264 February 5, 2019, 10:17 am You touched the nerve there K264 ... - Tomski February 5, 2019, 7:11 pm   Searching