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Great! Crazy that it can be brought back every time though, it makes me very uncomfortable.

I mean, how else could to work? Beyond a new EU treaty (Lisbon treaty replacement) banning discussion of it, I'm not sure that there's any way to prevent it coming back.

Voting should be on specific clauses, and if anything is rejected there should be a cooling period before it can be brought up for voting again.

The cooling period does not preclude discussion of course. That's why we pay the MEPs: They are actually expected to show up in the EP and discuss. Not only show up on voting day and follow what their party dictated.

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