Theory and Brussels follow: How EU legal guidelines are actually created | EUROtoday

Only the EU Commission can suggest legal guidelines. The European Parliament and the highly effective member states have a say. There are mounted deadlines for them to achieve an settlement. The three of them use a trick to get round this.

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