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> If the EU governments actually go into trilogue negotiations with this radical position, experience shows that the Parliament risks gradually abandoning its i
by mo_42 3y ago
> If the EU governments actually go into trilogue negotiations with this radical position, experience shows that the Parliament risks gradually abandoning its initial position behind closed doors and agreeing to bad and dangerous compromises that fundamentally put our online security at risk.
Why would the parliament abandon its position? At least in theory, it's the center of power.
- Scarblac 3y agoIntense lobbying, and being mostly invisible to voters whose media only pay attention to national politics.
- littlestymaar 3y agoNot in the EU. The Parliament has gained power over time (from being almost useless in the treaty of Rome) but it's still far from the most powerful body of the UE.