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Johnson: Reclaim Supremacy of UK Parliament
October 28, 2015
UK Member of Parliament Boris Johnson writes that the UK should re-establish the sovereignty of the British Parliament by amending the legislation it passed to join the EU to make clear that EU laws only control when Parliament has not "expressly and subsequently decided otherwise."
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Italy Announces Plans to Defy Brussels on Budget
October 28, 2015
In a recent interview, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said that if the European Commission rejects his country's budget plan for 2016, he will re-submit the budget without any changes.
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Hannan Proposes Acceptable Terms for UK-EU Renegotiation
October 27, 2015
UK Member of the European Parliament ("MEP") Dan Hannan has set out a list of proposed terms he argues Prime Minister David Cameron should send to EU leaders prior to the renegotiation of Britain's relationship with the bloc, including the re-establishment of sovereignty of the UK Parliament and the limitation of the influence of European judges.
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EU Commission Advances Financial Integration Plans
October 27, 2015
Despite the decision of EU member country governments at a recent summit not to endorse the "completion" of Economic and Monetary Union in the EU, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has signaled he plans to forge ahead with plans to advance EU integration in this area.
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President Sees ECJ as "Engine of European Integration"
October 27, 2015
In a recent interview, the newly elected President of the Court of Justice of the EU ("ECJ") Koen Lenaerts stated that the ECJ has been "the engine of European integration" for the last half century, since the Court established rules of "primacy" of EU law over national law.
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