“The seeming attempt to limit the ability of the co-legislators to make changes to the text also limited the Parliament’s and Council’s democratic right to scrutinise and amend the Commission’s proposal – which seems to have been a key factor in what went wrong.”
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https://edri.org/our-work/did-the-eu-parliament-really-vote-not-to-protect-children-online/

Did the EU Parliament really vote not to protect children online? - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
In April 2026, negotiations on the ‘interim ePrivacy derogation’ fell apart, with several stakeholders claiming that the European Parliament stopped the EU from protecting children.
