Comment by paganel
5 hours ago
The EU Parliament is a lame-duck thing, we both know that, let’s not pretend that this won’t pass at some point. It’s also not a parliament by definition, as it cannot propose any legislative measure, it can only propose “resolutions”, this is as lame-duck as it gets.
But it can block laws. Which matters. Just like in this case.
And guess what, national governments are the ones blocking the European Parliament from proposing laws, the EP has proposed multiple times that it be allowed to laws.
So EU member states themselves are the ones that don't want the EP to become a full blown parliament.