DISINFO: The European Union it is a dictate of several countries
SUMMARY
The European Union is a dictate of the will of several countries to the rest, in particular, Germany, France, Italy and Belgium. They dictate what is useful for them, but useless to other countries.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative on the undemocratic EU and the dictate of certain countries over other members.
The EU is a democratic Union of 27 Member States. The Member States delegate some of their decision-making powers to the shared institutions they have created, so that decisions on specific matters of common interest can be made democratically at the EU level. Article 5 of the Treaty on the European Union ensures the principle of subsidiarity, which guarantees that decisions are taken as closely as possible to the citizen. Learn more about subsidiarity here.
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