Showing the EU the Red Card. Why national parliaments need to be put back in control

Open Europe published in December 2015 a new report calling for a collective veto right for national parliaments over EU laws – a red card. While this demand is already part of UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s formal EU renegotiation objectives, there is a risk that the bar will be set too low. Open Europe has therefore set out five criteria for creating a red card which would be binding and effective.

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ESO: Background information: David Cameron’s proposal to give national parliaments a ‘red card’ over EU laws is deeply flawed http://www.europeansources.info/record/david-camerons-proposal-to-give-national-parliaments-a-red-card-over-eu-laws-is-deeply-flawed/

ESO: In Focus: Brexit - The United Kingdom and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union/

Blog: Open Europe, 07.12.15: UK Government must not fudge red card for national parliaments in its EU renegotiation http://openeurope.org.uk/blog/uk-government-must-not-fudge-red-card-for-national-parliaments-in-its-eu-renegotiation/

Blog: Andrew Duff - On Governing Europe, 30.11.15: Why the British demands on national parliaments must be resisted http://andrewduff.blogactiv.eu/2015/11/30/why-the-british-demands-on-national-parliaments-must-be-resisted/

Blog: LSE EuroppBlog, 17.02.16: Giving MPs more power over the UK’s EU representatives would do far more for parliamentary sovereignty than a ‘red card’ http://bit.ly/1opFI3R

Blog: BrexitVote, 14.02.16: A bit of a red herring? Why a red card would make very little difference to EU policymaking http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexitvote/2016/02/14/a-bit-of-a-red-herring-why-a-red-card-would-make-very-little-difference-to-eu-policymaking/

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