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0 pointsnickslaughter022h ago0 comments

> Nice to see that democracy can work

Did it work? One political party (EPP) didn't like the result of the previous vote and so they forced a re-vote.

> After the European Parliament had already rejected the indiscriminate and blanket Chat Control by US tech companies on 13 March, conservative forces attempted a democratically highly questionable maneuver yesterday to force a repeat vote to extend the law anyway.

https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/end-of-chat-control-eu-parl...

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pqtyw1h ago

But the vote failed only because the EPP voted against it? Or did they mix up the buttons or something? https://howtheyvote.eu/votes/189270

nickslaughter02OP1h ago

EPP wanted indiscriminate scanning instead, not targeted one.

rsynnott2h ago

Note that European parliament parties aren't particularly cohesive; some EPP members voted against it.

nickslaughter02OP2h ago

> some EPP members voted against it

20 out of 184

olex2h ago

Do I understand the voting / results wrong? Looking at this: https://howtheyvote.eu/votes/189270

The measure voted on is "Extension [of Chat Control 1.0]", it was voted 36% "for" and 49% "against" (so result is "against"), and looking at "Political groups", majority of EPP MEPs voted "against" (137 out of 164 votes).

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Sharlin2h ago

EPP is appalling and I'm revolted that many large so-called "moderate, centre-right, liberal-conservative" parties are happily part of it and indeed actively pushing extremely anti-citizen, anti-human agendas with the help of the far right.

(Edit: word choice)

modo_marionew8m ago

> with the help of the far right.

S&D voted even more for this than the conservatives themselves. ESN the least.

Noumenon722h ago

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