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Re:EU Council has withdrawn the vote on Chat Control by JumpCrisscross on Thursday June 20, 2024 @07:54AM (#40737630)
> biannual by now

Makes sense given the Presidency of the Council of the EU "rotates among the member states of the EU every six months" [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_the_Council_of_t...

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Re:EU Council has withdrawn the vote on Chat Control by Rinzler89 on Thursday June 20, 2024 @10:09AM (#40738982)
The EU presidency doesn't have executionary powers like the US presidency. It can set up meetings and topics for discussion but can't enforce or shoot them down.
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