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Re:EU Parliament supports the possible suspension of U.S. da... by ipsin on Friday July 05, 2013 @12:21PM (#5995544)
It's worth noting that this is a non-binding resolution, in case it wasn't clear from the article's title:

"the Commission now has the authority from the Parliament to suspend PNR and TFTP, but it falls at the Commission's discretion. Resolutions passed by the Parliament are not legally binding,"

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Re:EU Parliament supports the possible suspension of U.S. da... by nhaehnle on Saturday July 06, 2013 @11:36AM (#5999117)
This is a very important point. Democracy is really lacking at a European level, and a large part of that is that the Parliament has almost no real power.

Whether it is sufficient to give the EU Parliament real power is questionable, but if the EU is to become a proper democracy, then giving real power to the parliament is at least necessary.

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