The MEPs who voted with "yes" forgot about the election for the European Parliament in May. I'm pretty sure that all those paid demonstrating bots know exactly what to do in May.
No idea what you mean by paid demonstrating bots.
He means two accusations made by politicians: The first was, while the protests where still mainly online, like petitions and emails, that most protesters are bots.
Then, afterwards, when the protests were taken to the streets, they claimed the protesters were actually paid by Google
Mind you, there is likely some kernel of truth to both statements. I would be surpised if there have been no scripted mass-mailings triggered by some people. Also there was indeed a NGO that reimbursed around 20 people for their travel cost to Brussels.
But just compare that to what the average lobbyist is likely paid please
Yes, i am very much afraid the the EU is going to the dogs. I expect the elections to show a significant shift to the "right", all across europe.
I always had hope that the EU goes more centralized, envisioning something akin to the USA, but what is happening at the moment is completely out of control. With the current, very wide spectrum in general policies and wealth across the countries in the EU (and to a lesser extent the Euro-Zone) i'm afraid the EU is doomed to fail in the not so far future.