While the European Commission had committed itself to less regulation, parliamentary activity under this mandate shows, on the contrary, a strong growth in legislative activity, according to a study published last week by the Robert Schuman Foundation.
Thus, according to the Foundation, from July 2014 to February 2019, Members of Parliament cast 27,657 votes and adopted no fewer than 1,128 legislative acts. By way of comparison, 749 texts had been adopted by parliamentarians under the...