A question for Liberal Democrats

If, when faced with an oppressive law introduced by the UK government, the correct response is to get rid of said government, why is the correct response to oppressive EU directives to try to persuade them to become more liberal?

Better off out, surely? 

Comments

[Tom Papworth]

One should be able to get rid of said government without getting rid of the Union, just as one can get rid of a national government without breaking up the state.

The solution is not withdrawal. It is to vote out those Euro-parliamentarians that supported the illiberal law, and elect national governments that will choose liberal Commissioners who respect the subsidiarity clause.

But lets be clear about this: the Lib Dems must always put their liberal principles before a blind faith in the European project.

[Bishop Hill]

But the directives come from the Commission and we can't vote them out.

And even if we could, don't you think that the size of the project you envisage (changing both national and EU legislatures) is so great as to make it impossible?