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Why are Europeans more effective at passing big legislation than the US? (lemmy.world)
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EU has done really well on passing big laws such as GDPR in the recent years, while the US can't even seem to decide whether to fund their own government. Why do you think Europe is doing better than the US? One would think that since EU is more diverse it would be harder to find common ground. And there were examples of that during the Greece debt crisis. But not anymore, it seems.

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[–] Don_alForno@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nonsense. Of course it is.

The losing party does not automatically pay the winner's costs in the USA.

The American rule (capitalized as American Rule in some U.S. states) is the default legal rule in the United States controlling assessment of attorneys' fees arising out of litigation. It provides that each party is responsible for paying its own attorney's fees,[1][2] unless specific authority granted by statute or contract allows the assessment of those fees against the other party.

[–] ciferecaNinjo@fedia.io 1 points 1 year ago

Ah, that’s interesting. My cases were pro se so I had no lawyers fees. The costs of filing the court case and serving the defendant were always covered by the loser in my cases.