evidence: Superficially, the Protocol resembles the example drawn from the Northern Ireland Assembly, where those affected by a measure were given a capacity to expand the voting unit when they believed their interests were affected by a proposal. However, in this instance the bodies empowered to trigger entrenchment, the national parliaments, are outside of the law-making process and remain outside of that process; the entrenching rule does not enable them to veto the proposal. Instead, the measure activates a variety of entrenchment through form; to continue with the legislation the Commission must publically reconcile its proposal with the principle of subsidiarity.