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European Commission rejects new laws for Stop Destroying Videogames (www.gamingonlinux.com)
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[–] 18 points 1 month ago* (2 children)

Uh, they are not. It's like saying the entire US government consists of only the members of congress.

The European Commission is one of two legislative bodies. It's the one that can introduce new legislation. The European Parliament is where SKG has a much broader support, and they are aiming to modify the Digital Fairness Act.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago* (1 child)

    I think you confused something here. While I agree that it is nonsense to claim that the Commission "is the EU", it is not really a legislative body. While it is true that the Commission "initiates" legislation, it is an executive institution and such work is more in line with national governments drafting new legislation (even if there commonly Parliaments then rubber stamp a legislative initiative based on that). The two legislative institutions of the EU are the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union (comprised of ministers from each national government), the amend, veto or agree on legislation together, with committee work etc, as one would expect from legislatives.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    I probably didn't translate that properly. I meant "one of the two bodies involved in lawmaking".

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    In that case, if you choose to include the Commission, there would be three bodies. There is a reason the "trilogue" is called that way. The third body is the Council of the European Union which has basically equal standing to the European Parliament but represents the member states, while the EP represents the voters directly. Both can bring in amendments and veto or agree on a piece of legislation (while the Commission can't, its influence is with initiation and the initial draft).

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