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0 pointsgpderetta2y ago0 comments

The Parliament can ask the Commission to table a specific law though. And it can dismiss the commission at will.

So it doesn't have de-jure legislative powers, but de-facto it does.

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xxs2y ago

> Commission to table a specific law though

Just for the folks on the West side of the Pond, pretty much means to drop the bill. "To table" is so weird.

No, "to table" in terms of (EU) parliamentary procedure means to begin the consideration, it's the US that uses "to table" to mean dismiss[1].

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_(parliamentary_procedure...

stephen_g2y ago

Very strange, the US usage seems to be like what we would use “to shelve” for (as in take it off the table and put it on the shelf to forget about), at least in Australia and the UK.

gpderettaOP2y ago

As if the English language was not complex enough :D

gpderettaOP2y ago

Sorry for the confusion, I'm not a native speaker (although I live in UK). I meant that the parliament can ask the commission to present a specific law for discussion.

Of course the parliament doesn't need to ask the commission to drop a law, it can simply vote against it.

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xxs2y ago

> Commission to table a specific law though

Just for the folks on the West side of the Pond, pretty much means to drop the bill. "To table" is so weird.

SiempreViernes2y ago

No, "to table" in terms of (EU) parliamentary procedure means to begin the consideration, it's the US that uses "to table" to mean dismiss[1].

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_(parliamentary_procedure...

stephen_g2y ago

Very strange, the US usage seems to be like what we would use “to shelve” for (as in take it off the table and put it on the shelf to forget about), at least in Australia and the UK.

gpderettaOP2y ago

As if the English language was not complex enough :D

gpderettaOP2y ago

Sorry for the confusion, I'm not a native speaker (although I live in UK). I meant that the parliament can ask the commission to present a specific law for discussion.

Of course the parliament doesn't need to ask the commission to drop a law, it can simply vote against it.

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