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Setback for the Commission: EU MEPs let chat control fail (www.heise.de)
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[–] Brummbaer@pawb.social 1 points 1 day ago

It might be AI translated or translated by someone who isn't proficient enough to do so. The German article is written in a more neutral to leaning against it tone.

"Schlappe" is a German "Newspaper" expression denoting someone or something failed, but from a standpoint of an observer that is mostly against it. It's not a "positive" or neutral term of failure.