| Author (Person) | Gostyńska-Jakubowska, Agata |
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| Publisher | Centre for European Reform (CER) |
| Series Title | Policy Brief |
| Series Details | February 2017 |
| Publication Date | 01/02/2017 |
| Content Type | Journal | Series | Blog |
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Parliamentarians in Westminster and in the European Parliament will have to ratify the final withdrawal agreement between the EU-27 and the UK. MEPs have in the past used their veto in international negotiations when the European Commission and the member-states have not involved them properly in the negotiation process. However, threatening to vote down the final withdrawal deal just to make a point about inter-institutional co-operation could undermine the European Parliament’s public standing. EU citizens expect MEPs to focus on addressing their problems rather than on playing power games. On the UK side, the British government has promised that Westminster would exercise the same level of scrutiny in the exit talks as the European Parliament. But it may argue that it cannot reveal its negotiating position to parliamentarians, lest it undermines its bargaining hand. However, there are ways to reconcile the confidentiality of negotiations with parliamentary scrutiny, and the British government should not keep Westminster in the dark about the progress of the exit talks |
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| Source Link | http://www.cer.org.uk |
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| Subject Categories | Politics and International Relations |
| Countries / Regions | Europe, United Kingdom |
