You are absolutely right, that the European Parliament (EP), does not write legislation alone.
Though the "nothing will happen" is at best pessimistic outlook, at worst obfuscates the relationship dynamics in between the European Parliament and the Commission.
EP's resolution are a strong signal taken by the European Commission in the legislative framework. The stronger the margin of the vote at the EP with more Political Groups, the more likely the item enters legislative drafting/amending queue at the Commission.
Your problem:
- you are a part of a self organising body,
- the body pays to all staff a daily allowance based on presence and attendance,
- on work days everybody signs in,
- majority of you agree that there must be some accountability,
- everybody wants to avoid embarrassment and losing face,
- most agree that there must not be a physical presence that would authenticate people at the sign-in, so no individuals delegated to make the assessment on the spot (see the previous point).
You have already tired (a) paper forms and determined that they are fraudulently sign in, (b) named RFID badges and determined that individuals with other names check in.
Next step - hide the security authenticating people inside a small machine that would do the work of a paid security official at the sign-in desk.
Based my first hand account - there are very timid attempts to open source some libraries - mostly used in between the EU institutions. Code given as a zip, no access to a repo.
There is plenty of anxieties around the subject still, so work does not take place in the open.
Supporting Open Source projects that are used internally are still deep in the woods, ironically thought one could find reference in documentation to “helping out the community” as a stated benefit of using Open Source...
Portuguese are following a path of decriminalisation, which in a legal sense if a long shot away from the legalisation that the state of Luxembourg has just announced...
Production and sale are still criminalised in Portugal, and possession is still considered illegal, but with no penalties to first time offenders and considered a health issue for repeated offenders.
The major difference - Decriminalisation complies with their international obligations as per signed international treaties, Legalisation does not.
State of Luxembourg thinks they will get away with that, and I would bet this has been thoroughly vetted with their international partners.
Though the "nothing will happen" is at best pessimistic outlook, at worst obfuscates the relationship dynamics in between the European Parliament and the Commission.
EP's resolution are a strong signal taken by the European Commission in the legislative framework. The stronger the margin of the vote at the EP with more Political Groups, the more likely the item enters legislative drafting/amending queue at the Commission.