Re:European Parliament Voted to Ban Remote Biometric Surveil...
by MomoXenosaga on Monday October 11, 2021 @03:27PM
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Is the US?
https://apnews.com/article/congress-moves-to-avert-partial-g...
The European Union muddles on through in a very undramatic and ugly fashion, same like every other government.
Re:European Parliament Voted to Ban Remote Biometric Surveil...
by blibble on Monday October 11, 2021 @03:20PM
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no, the parliament's aims and objectives are simply ignored
Re:European Parliament Voted to Ban Remote Biometric Surveil...
by smnrchrds on Monday October 11, 2021 @07:51PM
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Usually in systems where you need A and B to agree to pass a legislation, if A start blocking B's initiatives, B starts blocking A's initiatives in response. If the Council and the Commission always go against the Parliament's will, I expect the Parliament to block their initiatives in return, causing a permanent state of gridlock, until some truce can be reached. If this does not happen in reality, why doesn't it?
Re:European Parliament Voted to Ban Remote Biometric Surveil...
by blibble on Monday October 11, 2021 @08:53PM
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it's a multi-party system (dozens of parties)
you can create a majority somehow most of the time
Re:European Parliament Voted to Ban Remote Biometric Surveil...
by still_grokking on Monday October 11, 2021 @03:20PM
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No, it isn't.
After "long talks" (maybe there is even money involved, who knows) with the parliament the things that the Council and / or Commission want get implemented.
Maybe the parliament is allowed to keep some wording form it's proposals as long as it stays mostly symbolic form the practical point of view.
The EU is a "democracy simulation" as we call it. Neither the Council nor the Commission are elected by the EU people but the laws are made by those institutions in practice.
So is the EU in a perpetual state of legislative gridlock?