July 11, 2012
As the only directly elected component of the EU machine, taxpayers and citizens have a right to expect that MEPs will stand up for their interests in Brussels, scrutinising the decisions and spending of the other EU institutions.In recent months, the …
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EU agencies, european parliament, Scrutiny, taxpayers, transparency |
February 27, 2012
The picture on the left is not some random shot to illustrate excessive bureaucracy, it’s literally the document setting out the details of the second Greek bailout package, which German MPs just voted on.Not exactly bed time reading. As expected, the …
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bundestag, democracy, eurozone crisis, Greek bailout, Scrutiny |
November 1, 2010
In Parliament this afternoon, David Cameron gave his statement on last week’s EU summit, followed by questions from MPs. The debate was a bit all over the place if we’re to be perfectly honest, with the 2.9% increase to the EU’s 2011 budget dominating….
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commons, EU budget, eu treaty, euro, Scrutiny, treaty change |
August 26, 2010
Do you remember all that talk about how national parliaments would be strenghtened under the Lisbon Treaty (something which the pro-Lisbon camp continuously banged on about, presenting it as a ‘fact’, when in reality it’s anything but)?We’ve looked at …
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July 14, 2010
The phrase “we are where we are” was oft repeated in this evening’s debate in the House of Commons – but sadly for many MPs it seems that ‘where we are’ was anywhere other than the Green benches judging by the numbers in attendance.While a Hans…
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March 19, 2010
It seems that the lack of scrutiny for Parliament since the Lisbon Treaty came into effect is not restricted to the SWIFT agreement. Documents from the European Scrutiny Committee point that three additional measures have been limited to only four week…
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February 5, 2010
The controversial EU-US anti-terrorism data-sharing deal, named the Swift agreement, came under further attack yesterday as an almighty row broke out in the Commons. Labour’s very own Michael Connarty accused the government of treating Parliament wit…
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Chris Bryant, Lisbon Treaty, parliament, Scrutiny, Scrutiny committee |
January 18, 2010
The true effect of Lisbon, the practice not the theory, is beginning to come to light and, as some of us warned, it is far from pretty.The House of Commons’ European Scrutiny Committee, the body charged with sifting through EU legislation and holding t…
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