[munksbeer]

>Technically, this is meant for bypassing the EU commission. But of course, in reality it is for getting past the Danish and potential Belgian and Hungarian and other's vetoes. The commission really wants this.

Excuse me? That is quite an assertion. You're saying the EU Commission, the civil servants appointed by the EU Council, are somehow controlling the EU Council to push this agenda?

I don't believe that is true. Please provide evidence.

In the article, it talks explicitly about this being driven by the heads of state.

[vsl]

Yes, in EU the Commission proposes legislation: https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-making-process/planning...

> In the article, it talks explicitly about this being driven by the heads of state.

Did you miss that the article talks explicitly about it being in the second reading already?

[munksbeer]

You didn't address my point at all.

> The member states want to reactivate the transitional regulation for voluntary monitoring of messages by technology groups, which expired on April 3, in an expedited procedure. The Council adopted a corresponding position for a “new” regulation on Thursday via written procedure to close a looming legal loophole and increase pressure on MEPs.

This is the EU Council pushing it. The elected heads of state of the member nations. The Commission just do their bidding.