This is a complete misunderstanding of the European political economy. The French snobs in Brussels are the last bastion against periodic attempts by French snobs in Paris to commit seppukku via domestic policy.
A History of The Climate, 2076:
“Donald Trump, dismayed by the Paris Agreement’s lack of enforcement mechanisms, left the agreement to institute a global carbon border adjustment mechanism in the Strait of Hormuz, advancing decarbonization of the world economy by over 20 years.”
I think the point deserves more than scare quotes even, and needs to be made explicit.
"Authenticity" in politics is mostly used precisely backwards. The people being "authentic" are fake, and the people who are "inauthentic" are usually being comparatively straight with you.
A lot of people seem to believe that if you sell your soul for power, the metaphorical devil will keep his end of the deal. But more often than not, you sell your soul and don't even get power. There's no rule that if you violate your principles in order to win, you then will win
@schnellenbachj Ich glaube nicht, dass die größten Hürden für Kürzungen in den Ministerien liegen. Nach meiner Beobachtung reagieren politische Entscheider auf organisierten Widerstand von Wählergruppen - Ministerialbeamte sind da einfach zu klein um Gewicht zu haben.
@gruen_seb@schnellenbachj Was halt zu tolerieren ist. Menschen haben leider kurzfristig kein gutes Verständnis davon, was mittelfristig gut für dem Wohlstand im Land ist.