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EP have power to reject or amend these laws and cannot be bypassed.

• denton-scratch 3y ago
  They have the power to send a proposed law back to the commission, to be revised. The commission has the power to send it back to parliament unrevised. I think the Council of Ministers also comes into the process. The Council consists of the national government ministers whose purview includes the matter at hand; it's membership changes for each meeting. It's really just all the member governments of the EU, one nation one council-member.
  • arlort 3y ago
    > to send it back to parliament unrevised No, once a proposal is made the commission can withdraw it but not amend it anymore After the proposal is made parliament and the council shuttle back and forth (between each other) proposed changes for up to 3 times (I might be wrong on the exact number) If the proposal doesn't pass by then (or is withdrawn) it fails
  • somewhereoutth 3y ago
    and to be clear - the Council of Ministers has primacy, the actual power in the EU, whereas the Commission is just the secretariat or Civil Service of the EU, they have no power to decide policy.