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Title is wrong. It hasn't been "voted into law". It's passed its second reading in the European Parliament. Since the EP proposed amendments, it must now go bac
by SEMW 13y ago
Title is wrong. It hasn't been "voted into law". It's passed its second reading in the European Parliament. Since the EP proposed amendments, it must now go back to the Council of Ministers for a second reading there. If they approve the EP's amendments, then it will become law; if not it'll go to a conciliation committee for the Parliament and Council to hash out their differences.
The article sort-of acknowledges this on the last line, but that doesn't excuse the title.
(It's this error that gave e.g. the several dozen "UK gay marriage law passes!" stories we got spread out over a six month period. Apparently the media keeps forgetting that legislative procedures take a long time and involves lots of votes at various stages, and runs a "X voted into law!11one" story at each stage...)