Re:European parliament committee approves vote on ‘disastrou...
by Silhouette on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @08:49AM
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Right, but today's vote was just a committee. Next month it comes before the full Parliament. If sufficient awareness can be raised among MEPs before the vote next month that it becomes a toxic issue politically, my understanding is that voting it down at that stage would be an opportunity to effectively stop the whole process.
Re:European parliament committee approves vote on ‘disastrou...
by detaro on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @09:00AM
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right, it would already by a good place to kill it, so yes, go call your MEPs!
But there's still another chance afterwards, which might be more successful given the timing of the election and people now maybe more likely to argue that it can be "fixed" in negotiations.
Re:European parliament committee approves vote on ‘disastrou...
by Silhouette on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @09:19AM
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Ah, yes, sorry. I realised my original comment was ambiguous. I meant that the vote next month will be by the entire Parliament rather than just a committee, not that next month's vote will necessarily be the final decision.
Whatever the negotiate out will then by voted on by the MEPs. The negotiation is likely to take a few months, and I kind of expect a fight about the speed: those against the proposal will want to stall to get the vote as close as possible to the elections in May 2019, whereas those in support likely want to get it out the door as quickly as possible. I've seen some people suggest December as a likely time for the final vote.