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Re:European Parliament approves copyright reform by Konryan on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @09:44AM (#19491716)
That's not exactly true. Parliament can petition the Commission to legislate on something, and citizens can put forward proposal through the ECI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Citizens'_Initiative
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Re:European Parliament approves copyright reform by vetinari on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @10:08AM (#19491947)
And the Commission can ignore both, if they feel like it.

That's a very long way to anything that resembles democratic control.

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Re:European Parliament approves copyright reform by sampo on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @10:00AM (#19491850)
> Parliament can petition the Commission to legislate on something

Has this ever happened in practice?

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