tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post7666461014594428394..comments2024-01-16T08:40:53.682+00:00Comments on <a href="http://www.openeurope.org.uk">Open Europe</a>: Power to the ParliamentOEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00556463374230498875noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-73257459287188385552010-11-17T13:07:43.813+00:002010-11-17T13:07:43.813+00:00If the coalition were even slightly as keen to rec...If the coalition were even slightly as keen to recover powers for the UK [Parliament] as the Tory leadership claimed it would do during the General Election, this would have been the ideal vehicle. Having failed to use the Euroland requirement for changes to facilitate management of the Euro crisis, this was the next best and possibly last significant opportunity.<br /><br />In addition to controlling the surrender of any opt-outs, the Bill could have controlled any changes to existing surrenders of power in selected areas, such as justice and home affairs. That these things were not done confirms all we suspected about the coalition (and Prime Minister's) attitude to the EU.<br /><br />I would have asked at the well timed Open Europe meeting whether any of the panel thought that the Bill would in any way inconvenience the Prime Minister in delivering the EU's business for the lifetime of this Parliament. I suspect the answer is a firm "no", but I would have been interested to hear how they answered.<br /><br />Lastly, I wonder if OE tried to get a Conservative MP to speak for the sceptic/realist side of the question or did they all decline.Andrew Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17671242562855245457noreply@blogger.com