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Chat Control 1.0 HAS PASSED (mastodon.social)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by unglueclass23@programming.dev to c/privacy@programming.dev

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[–] abc@suppo.fi 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

The reason for that is that the Parliament was trying to reject a law the Council had already agreed on.

The EU legislative process (ordinary legislative procedure) works like this: Parliament and Council take turns on a bill. Once the Council has adopted its position and it comes back to Parliament for a second reading, the default flips. The bill passes automatically unless Parliament actively rejects or amends it. And rejecting at second reading requires an absolute majority of all 720 MEPs (361 votes), not a majority of those voting.

[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

That look like bullshit to me tbh, i don't see how does that make sense, someone cam explain to me? Like, why does it have to be an absolute majority?

[–] abc@suppo.fi 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Like, why does it have to be an absolute majority?

Because it's a pre-existing law.

I think the actual question is: why didn't all the MEPs bother to attend the vote when it was this contentious.

edit Oh, the answer might simply be that they didn't have to be there if they would've voted against not passing.