Blog: ‘Green card’, ‘Late card’: Dutch parliament ups the ante in EU democracy debate

Open Europe reported on a position paper on the role of national parliaments in the EU from the Tweede Kamer - the lower house of the Dutch parliament - published in October 2013.

Open Europe suggests that the report included some seriously good ideas to increase national parliaments' power over EU decisions.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: UK's Hague wants 'red card' to challenge EU laws http://www.europeansources.info/record/uks-hague-wants-red-card-to-challenge-eu-laws/

ESO: Background information: Member states 'endorse' EU-wide public prosecutor http://www.europeansources.info/record/member-states-endorse-eu-wide-public-prosecutor/

ESO: Background information: National Parliaments and EU law-making: How is the ‘yellow card’ system working? http://www.europeansources.info/record/national-parliaments-and-eu-law-making-how-is-the-yellow-card-system-working/

ESO: Background information: Dutch review attacks 'creeping' EU powers http://www.europeansources.info/record/dutch-review-attacks-creeping-eu-powers/

The Netherlands: Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal: Ahead in Europe. On the role of the Dutch House of Representatives and national parliaments in the European Union. Final version, May 2014 http://www.tweedekamer.nl/images/Position_paper_Dutch_House_of_Representatives_on_democratic_legitimacy_in_the_EU_181-236606.doc

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