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At first it was "making decisions", then it was "initiate legislation", and now it's "decide what the law is". It's tiring to argue against moving goal posts an
by yau8edq12i 2y ago
At first it was "making decisions", then it was "initiate legislation", and now it's "decide what the law is". It's tiring to argue against moving goal posts and bad faith. Besides, the first sentence of a Wikipedia article is not the ultimate, complete and exhaustive definition of what something is.
> Something that cannot decide what the law is
Good thing the EU parliament decides what the law is, then.
- mike_hearn 2y agoThat's not a moving goal post. In the context of a parliament all three phrases mean (are supposed to mean) the same thing. "Initiating legislation" for example, is just another way to say "decide what the law is". The EU Parliament cannot make that decision, that's the point that keeps getting repeated. It can only acquiesce to or slow down the Commission's decisions.
- yau8edq12i 2y ago> "Initiating legislation" for example, is just another way to say "decide what the law is". It's not. > It can only acquiesce to or slow down the Commission's decisions. That's not all it can do.