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They do this every few sessions and the commission never acts on it.

• JumpCrisscross 10y ago
  Source?
  • vanattab 10y ago
    From 2013 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/20130910IPR19556/ep-backs-rules-allowing-suspension-of-visa-free-travel-only-as-a-last-resort http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/20130910IPR1...
    • _delirium 10y ago
      That seems more like the initiation of the current process. They adopted rules in 2013 requiring reciprocity and specifying a series of steps to take if there isn't any, with revocation of visa-free travel to the EU an option as a "last resort". The vote today is claiming that those other steps have been tried and failed regarding the U.S. (unlike with some other countries, like Canada, where progress was made), and therefore advocates taking up that last resort, which was authorized in 2013 but has never yet been invoked. I do agree that there is a good chance the EU Commission will attempt to avoid doing so, though.
• vanattab 10y ago
  This is what piss me off about this article. They don't mention that this has been done before and the commission never acted on it. Why? Because it does not fit with the story that there is a huge gulf opening up between the us and Europe as a result of the election of Donald Trump. Disclaimer to protect my future employability in tech: I don't support the DT I just am not a big fan of the media of late either.
• dang 10y ago
  Thanks. Between that and the non-binding nature of the vote (now added to the title above), this is just high-end trolling. I wish we could mature enough as a community not to act like decapitated chickens in response to these. Another classic article pattern is when someone 'introduces a bill' (most proposed bills, of course, go nowhere).