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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://

• _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.