This is EU Democracy at it's Best!

This from Guido today.

The EU’s internet-killing new copyright Directive has become mired in a fresh layer of controversy after it emerged that multiple MEPs were “tricked” into voting the wrong way on it. Guido understands that an extra vote was inserted into the voting list at the last minute which threw most MEP’s voting lists out of sync. Unlike the Commons where MPs have to physically make the decision to walk through lobbies, MEPs just robotically press buttons, according to a long voting list handed out to them. (A clear warning of the dangers of electronic voting).

At least 13 MEPs have told the European Parliament they accidentally voted the wrong way. Now the EU has modified their individual voting records but has refused to revisit the result of the vote, despite the fact there was a majority of just 5 MEPs. The EU also rejected a direct request from MEPs to stage the entire vote again. (This blocked MEPs from voting on any amendments, including on the meme-banning Article 13.)

Brexit Party MEP Bill Etheridge tells Guido “Its appalling, but that’s how this place works on a regular basis. It’s only come to people’s attention this time because it’s a high profile issue”. Etheridge says his group’s staff were sharp enough to spot the switch but many groups weren’t. He knows several ECR and other MEPs who are “mortified” after voting the wrong way on it. Now the Internet-killing law has been passed, the EU simply doesn’t care.

“DEMOCRACY” EU STYLE. Your views on this please.

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The gift that keeps on giving... there goes freedom of speech and freedom of the press courtesy of the EU fudging the voting system.

Isn't democracy in the EU wonderful ....

Not

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Voting is a serious business, we all agree. So a mep who takes his/her work serious, has the workings of the system thoroughly explained to him or her.
And above that, since a country sends the most clever mep's to be represented by, how could such geniuses like farage possibly make such a simple stupid mistake?

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If you read it again,Nigel and his colleagues didn't make a mistake, They noticed it. and voted the way they wanted to. It was others that didn't realise they were voting out of sync due to those crafty beggars slipping in an extra vote at the very last minutes without even informing them they had done so.

DISGRACEFUL AND UNDEMOCRATIC.

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I said nigel is a genius, and such geniuses (as all mep's should be because people deserve that) pay good attention to what they are doing when they cast their vote. 13 mep's out of more than 500 made this mistake. I would think these 13 had not been paying attention while 500 something did. Making these 13 not the geniuses they should be.