Author: European Foundation

Bill Cash: If they want to trample on national Parliaments, when they put forward and achieve the threshold in terms of reasoned opinions and subsidiarity, and just ignore them, then I am afraid the increase in disaffection with the European Union will grow exponentially

The House of Commons decided, yesterday, pursuant to Article 6 of Protocol (No 2) on the Application of the Principles of Subsidiarity and Proportionality, to send a Reasoned Opinion to the Presidents of the European...

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Margarida Vasconcelos: The ECJ’s judgement overturning the UK opt out from the Directive facilitating cross-border enforcement in the field of road safety, shows the need to introduce, as soon as possible, a unilateral veto over EU legislative proposals, as recommended by the European Scrutiny Committee

The European Court of Justice has recently annulled the directive on cross-border exchange of information on road safety related traffic offences. This ruling is not good news as it has overturned the UK opt out, consequently...

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