The EU's moral claim to exist has collapsed.

Put him on iggy.    

And this character says she's not Kim.

Is it any wonder we don't believe her?

"Abolition of veto powers, more EU powers in health, energy, defence, and social and economic policies, and a full and direct right of legislative initiative for Parliament and better protection of founding values".

Sounds to me as if the EU are strengthening their own position, tbh. 

And the greater pity is that most of those in power are unable (or more probably, unwilling) to differentiate between lies and truth. This is because they believe their paycheques depend on keeping the ERG faction convinced of their loyalty…

Growth for 2022 is now estimated at 3.5% in both the EU and the euro area. GDP is projected to expand by 0.8% in 2023 and 1.6% in 2024 (0.9% and 1.5% in the euro area). Headline inflation is forecast to fall from 9.2% in 2022 to 6.4% in 2023 and 2.8% in 2024 in the EU.Feb 13, 2023
economy-finance.ec.europa.eu › ...
Winter 2023 Economic Forecast: EU Economy set to avoid recession ...


Euro area annual inflation is expected to be 8.5% in February 2023, down from 8.6% in January according to a flash estimate from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.Mar 2, 2023
ec.europa.eu › eurostatPDF
February 2023 - Euro area annual inflation down to 8.5% - europa.eu

(GDP growth over the course of 2022 in the UK was essentially flat.) The UK had the largest decline in GDP among the G7 in 2020 (-11.0%) the first year of the pandemic and its relatively strong performances in 2021 (+7.6%) and 2022 (+4.0%) were largely a recovery from the weakness in 2020 and early 2021.Mar 10, 2023
commonslibrary.parliament.uk › ...
GDP - International Comparisons: Key Economic Indicators


The cost of living increased sharply across the UK during 2021 and 2022. The annual rate of inflation reached 11.1% in October 2022, a 41-year high, before easing in subsequent months. It rose gain, however, from 10.1% in January 2023 to 10.4% in February.
commonslibrary.parliament.uk › ...
Rising cost of living in the UK - House of Commons Library



Looks to me like the EU is working well enough.

As far as democracy is concerned, 4 unelected PM's in 5 years is a disgrace.
And one party is actually trying to deny someone the right to try to run for office.



The cost of living increased sharply across the UK during 2021 and 2022. The annual rate of inflation reached 11.1% in October 2022, a 41-year high, before easing in subsequent months. It rose gain, however, from 10.1% in January 2023 to 10.4% in February.
commonslibrary.parliament.uk › ...
Rising cost of living in the UK - House of Commons Library




The idea of who can suggest legislation is completely misrepresented by the tiny rump of fools who dont know what they are talking about.



A Member of the European Parliament, working in one of the parliamentary committees, (can) draws up a report on a proposal for a 'legislative text' presented by the European Commission, the only institution empowered to initiate legislation.
www.europarl.europa.eu › le...
Legislative powers - European Parliament


So can the 100,000 citizens petition a change as mentioned above.

The European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) enables European citizens to make a direct request to the European Commission to propose legislation in an area over which it has competence. Created by the Lisbon Treaty the ECI is a relatively new democratic procedure which was launched at the beginning of 2012.
civitas.org.uk › CIT8.ECI_.pdf
European Citizen's Initiative - Civitas

THE COMMISSION IS THE CHANNEL THROUGH WHICH FORMAL PROPOSALS ARE MADE. THEIR JOB IS TO CHECK LEGALITY ACROSS 27 COUNTRIES AND COMPLIANCE WITH EU LAW.

Each proposal is then voted on three times including EACH COUNTRY which has the right to amend it via their democratically elected legislative party. It is also voted on by the democratically elected EU parliament and the Council, democratically elected heads of state.

However no matter what primary evidence is out there, brainwashed fools will ignore it.

So who can suggest legislation?
Individual Eu parliamentary parties
The EU parliament as a whole
The Council
Individual citizens petitions.


Now either learn that you are full of bullshit or carry on living in a parallel universe.
Frankly it doesnt matter what your shrinking minority thinks. The damage you did is already evident. See opening paragraphs above.

…
Law-making process
Planning and proposing law
Planning and proposing law
The European Commission is responsible for planning, preparing and proposing new European legislation. This is called the 'right of initiative'.

EU laws defend the interests of the Union and its citizens as a whole. Citizens, businesses, civil society, public authorities or any other stakeholder who may be affected can have their say in the process.

Where EU laws and policies come from
The Commission proposes laws and policies on its own initiative. It can also respond to invitations to do so from:

the European Council (heads of state or government of each EU country)
the Council of the European Union (government ministers from each EU country)
the European Parliament (directly elected by EU citizens)
Citizens themselves, following a successful European Citizens’ Initiative
The Commission prepares laws and policies transparently, based on evidence and backed up by the views of citizens and stakeholders. This is referred to as Better Regulation.

Better Regulation: why and how

How they are planned
In its annual work programme, the Commission makes a political commitment to deliver on a certain number of priorities during a given calendar year.

Commission work programme

How their scope is defined
The Commission uses Call for evidence to define the scope of:

a politically sensitive and/or important new law or policy
an evaluation of an existing law or policy
a fitness check of a bundle of related existing laws and/or policies
A Call for evidence describes the problem to be tackled and objectives to be met, explains why EU action is needed, outlines policy options and describes the main features of the consultation strategy, including whether a public consultation with a questionnaire is needed.

The Call for evidence combines two steps that were previously sequential: the roadmap/inception impact assessment and the questionnaire (where relevant).

Have your say on recently published roadmaps and inception impact assessments

Evaluating laws

How their impact is assessed
When the expected impacts of an EU law or policy are likely to be significant, the Commission conducts an impact assessment before making its proposal.

The aim of this assessment is to analyse in more detail the issue to be addressed, whether action should be taken at EU level and the potential economic, social and environmental effects of the different solutions outlined.

The results of the impact assessment help inform the Commission's decision.

More on impact assessments

Have your say on aspects of impact assessments

Who can contribute
Anyone who is interested or might be affected by an existing or proposed law or policy can share their views, sending comments or position papers or reply to public consultations . This includes: public national, local and regional authorities, businesses, civil society organisations, and individual citizens..

How to contribute
There are various opportunities to contribute to EU law-making as it evolves – from the preparation phase through to proposals for new laws and evaluations of how existing EU laws are performing.

You can share your views and ideas in all 24 EU languages on Commission initiatives across all policy areas on the Have Your Say portal. It is possible to sign up for notifications regarding new developments as initiatives take shape, including after the adoption of legislation.

The Commission takes account of feedback when further developing the law or policy, or when evaluating several related laws or policies in a single policy area.

Contribute to law-making on the Have Your Say portal.

Other forms of consultation
The Commission may also seek expertise in a given area and target specific stakeholder groups through, for example:

targeted consultations
meetings
workshops
seminars
small-business panels
online discussion forums
How their quality is ensured
TheBetter Regulation guidelines and accompanying toolbox provide standards for quality when planning and proposing policies and laws.

Better regulation guidelines and toolbox

The independent Regulatory Scrutiny Board checks the quality of all the Commission's draft impact assessments, major evaluations and fitness checks.

In principle, an initiative accompanied by an impact assessment requires a positive opinion from the board to be adopted by the Commission.

The Regulatory Scrutiny Board


commission.europa.eu/law/law-making-process/planning-and-proposing-law_en#where-eu-laws-and-policies-come-from

What the commission does in preparation for proposing legislation to parliament and council:



european-union.europa.eu/institutions-law-budget/law/how-eu-policy-decided_en

Note its function includes consultations with relevant businesses, offering a chance for citizens to express views via internet Europa pages, talks with relevant national govt. cabinet ministers, taking soundings in streets and towns likely to be affected and exposure in the cross EU press.

The EU is undemocratic?
Then you are deeply down a rabbit hole of your own prejudice.