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Public pressure should be enough reason to vote against the treaty, not postpone it until people forget about it.
by yeureka 11y ago
Public pressure should be enough reason to vote against the treaty, not postpone it until people forget about it.
- dmichulke 11y agoThe very fact that "public pressure" is obviously the most appropriate device for influencing the course of the government / law giver spells out the complete failure of democracy in most western nations. Public pressure should but it won't.
- vetinari 11y agoIt was postponed, because currently it would not pass due to pressure. So they are buying time for lobbying. Not that it really matters, because the EC doesn't have to respect the result of the EP vote. It is just symbolic.