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by xxs 953 days ago
> Commission to table a specific law though

Just for the folks on the West side of the Pond, pretty much means to drop the bill. "To table" is so weird.
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SiempreViernes 953 days ago
No, "to table" in terms of (EU) parliamentary procedure means to begin the consideration, it's the US that uses "to table" to mean dismiss[1].

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_(parliamentary_procedure...

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stephen_g 953 days ago
Very strange, the US usage seems to be like what we would use “to shelve” for (as in take it off the table and put it on the shelf to forget about), at least in Australia and the UK.
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gpderetta 953 days ago
As if the English language was not complex enough :D
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gpderetta 953 days ago
Sorry for the confusion, I'm not a native speaker (although I live in UK). I meant that the parliament can ask the commission to present a specific law for discussion.

Of course the parliament doesn't need to ask the commission to drop a law, it can simply vote against it.

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