• sunbeam60@feddit.uk
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    1 day ago

    Because Denmark holds the rotating EU presidency, Denmark is literally required by treaty to work towards compromise when the council cannot agree. If it wasn’t Denmark doing this work, it would be another country holding the EU presidency doing it.

    It’s not really about Denmark - it’s about the entire council agreeing with a compromise the presidency has to seek.

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      21 hours ago

      It was voted out, that’s it. Nobody forced the danes to re-introduce the matter, especially when it was done with subterfuge.

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        11 hours ago

        That’s wrong.

        Article 4(3) TEU requires that the country holding the rotating presidency of the council must act in the spirit of sincere cooperation, which means it must act as an “honest broker” and not pursue national interests. This means it must seek to find a compromise if the council cannot agree, which Denmark has done.

        Look, I’m not a fan of chat control. But the blame doesn’t lie with the Danes, it’s the whole of the EU one must blame.