Comment by sherlock_h
4 days ago
Even if it falls short on the ideal implementation via a regulation rather than a directive (the former mandating all states to adhere to a single implementation and the latter defining a framework that can be implemented by member states) this is still a huge accomplishment and a step in the right direction.
And all done as a grass roots effort from a few dedicated and motivated folks like Andreas Klinger.
Exactly. Even if all it ends up amounting to is the stuff in the last paragraph of the summary, that would be huge.
The EU has a long history of doing things like this -- forcing the hand of national governments to do what they all knew needed to be done, but lacked the political willpower or mandate. Freeing monopolist-dominated or coddled industries like telecoms, delivery, airlines, railways would never have happened without the EU.