Why David Cameron’s ‘red card’ plan for national parliaments won’t work

Prime Minister David Cameron has committed the UK to renegotiating its membership of the European Union if he wins a majority at the next British general election (in 2015). As Andrew Duff writes, one of the key elements of this reform package will likely be to elevate the role of national parliaments in the EU’s legislative process. He argues that such a proposal should be rejected on both theoretical and practical grounds, given that the current subsidiarity early warning mechanism is already working well

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: Speech: A constructive case for EU reform http://www.europeansources.info/record/speech-a-constructive-case-for-eu-reform/

ESO: Background information: European Parliament committee backs Commission proposal for a European Public Prosecutor's Office http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-european-parliament-committee-backs-commission-proposal-for-a-european-public-prosecutors-office/

ESO: Background information: Strengthening the role of national parliaments in EU decision-making is not the way to improve the EU’s legitimacy http://www.europeansources.info/record/strengthening-the-role-of-national-parliaments-in-eu-decision-making-is-not-the-way-to-improve-the-eus-legitimacy/

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