Van Rompuy: National parliaments are EU institutions

Tasked with approving bail-outs, national budgets and labour market policies which can affect the stability of the eurozone, national parliaments are similar to European institutions, Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, said in a speech to the Interparliamentary Committee meeting on the European Semester for Economic Policy Coordination, Brussels, 27 February 2012

European Council: President: Press Release, EUCO 31/12; Speech by President Herman Van Rompuy to the Interparliamentary Committee meeting on the European Semester for Economic Policy Coordination, Brussels, 27 February 2012 http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/ec/128208.pdf

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