The Member-States and the EU: Taking Back Control?

The irony of Brexit is that the EU is becoming more British just as the UK is leaving. At a meeting of European Council in February 2018, leaders showed that they were ready to oppose any further shift of power from the member-states to the Commission and the Parliament. Those who favoured a United States of Europe could go whistle.

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EP: EPRS: Briefing: Post-European Council Briefing, February 2018: Outcome of the informal meeting of the 27 Heads of State or Government of 23 February 2018 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2018/615655/EPRS_BRI(2018)615655_EN.pdf

European Council: Remarks by President Donald Tusk following the informal meeting of the 27 heads of state or government on 23 February 2018 http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2018/02/23/remarks-by-president-donald-tusk-following-the-informal-meeting-of-the-27-heads-of-state-or-government-on-23-february-2018/

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