It’s a double-edge sword though: if something you dislike gets votes, it’s never going away.
Of course they are and of course there is. The "EU passed a temporary derogation" to the ePrivacy Directive in 2021 "called Chat Control 1.0 by critics" [1]. That is now dead [2].
> if something you dislike gets votes, it’s never going away
Weird to be saying precedent is infintely binding in 2026 of all years.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chat_Control#Legislative_proce...
Without going into full detail on the procedure I'm imagining, such an outcome would bar consideration of equivalent legislation for several years and require a supermajority at several stages of the legislative process to override.
Basically, it can oppose new legislations but can't retract old laws.
I'm not saying you unalive your opposition, but you do need to make them suffer consequences if they push the boundaries to get what they want.