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EU senate? What senate? For a law to pass, you need the European parliament, the EU commission and the council, no such thing as a EU senate.
by cm2187 4y ago
EU senate? What senate?
For a law to pass, you need the European parliament, the EU commission and the council, no such thing as a EU senate.
- gjsman-1000 4y agoI edited my comment. I apologize - I was way off on both points.
- cm2187 4y agoWell not completely off, it is true that if the commission and council aren’t on board this bill will be stillborn.
- M2Ys4U 4y agoWell EU law starts off life as a proposal by the Commission, so it's virtually impossible for there to be a proposal passed by Parliament and not have Commission support (unless Parliament has made significant amendments that the Commission does not like, although I'm unaware of this ever happening). Council not agreeing is definitely a potential problem, but given the level of support from the Commission and Parliament I doubt the Council will block this.
- arlort 4y agoCouncil support (for the general targets/scope) is almost guaranteed before a commission proposal sees the light of day, it might get amended and / or clash with parliament amendments but the fact a proposal has been made is a good indication some form of the law will pass
- arlort 4y agotbf Senate would be a better name for the Council of the EU, reducing by a good half the confusion when talking about "Council" in european politics