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More information about why this is not likely, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5342294 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5342294 Specifically, The Eur
by drucken 14y ago
More information about why this is not likely, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5342294 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5342294
Specifically,
The European Parliament (unlike most national parliaments within Europe) can't actually draft legislation by itself. That's reserved for the executive branch, the European Commission. These kinds of endorsements, once passed, are effectively taken by the European Commission as an indication of the opinion of the Parliament, and it then drafts bills accordingly.
If the Commission wants to introduce measures such as those found in the resolution, it'll have a mandate for them, providing the endorsement of the report (specifically an " own initiative report") passes. Then the draft bill goes back to the Parliament to vote on, and if it passes then, it becomes a legally binding directive for EU member states to follow.
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The resolution can be seen as a call for further investigation of the issue with an extra clause that's likely to be skipped over in any later phase of legislative debate, rather than the slippery slope to an EU-wide pornography ban -- but just in case, it might be worth writing to your MEP. Otherwise it'll be back to hunting in the railway sidings, and nobody wants that.
- jstalin 14y agoWow, just reading through how the European Council, European Commission, and European Parliament work, I'm struck by the near total lack of direct accountability to voters there is.
- mseebach 14y agoSymbolic institution is symbolic. Their support for the ban can lend legitimacy to a future move by the commission, conversely, the successful lobbying of the EP by citizens to shut it down early can do the opposite. Also, a sure way to make sure the institution remains toothless is to ignore it because it's toothless.