Dutch parliament opposes patent directive

Dutch parliament opposes patent directive

Posted Feb 11, 2005 12:05 UTC (Fri) by gowen (guest, #23914)
In reply to: Dutch parliament opposes patent directive by chel
Parent article: Dutch parliament opposes patent directive

What you've got to understand is that "Motions" in the Dutch Parliament do create binding legislation. They're much closer to expressions of intent. The Dutch Parliament can amend/pass/reject legislation -- and in doing so bind the behaviour of the ruling administration -- but the procedure for doing so is not the one followed here.

We have a similar thing in the UK (early day motions), and often they merely expressed sentiments like "The House congratulates Wales for beating England at rugby"...

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