The European Parliament has made it clear, time and again, that this cannot be the right approach, because it was the European Parliament, rather than Member States, that, for example, removed gambling from the scope of the Services Directive.
Parlamentul European a subliniat de mai multe ori că aceasta nu poate fi abordarea potrivită, deoarece Parlamentul European, şi nu statele membre, a fost cel care, de exemplu, a înlăturat jocurile de noroc din domeniul de aplicare a Directivei privind serviciile.