tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post5231160968108030420..comments2024-01-16T08:40:53.682+00:00Comments on <a href="http://www.openeurope.org.uk">Open Europe</a>: The legal scramble for the EU institutionsOEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00556463374230498875noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-60753459067996369242011-12-11T16:36:03.822+00:002011-12-11T16:36:03.822+00:00This should preclude the use of EU facilities for,...This should preclude the use of EU facilities for, and the involvement of the Commission and the ECB in, any meetings of the euro group if they invite ministers from non-euro countries to participate, which would mean that the meeting was outwith the authorisation given by all 27 EU member states through Protocol (No 14) on the euro group on page 283 here:<br /><br />http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2010:083:0201:0328:EN:PDF<br /><br />"The Ministers of the Member States whose currency is the euro shall meet informally ... " <br /><br />and while: <br /><br />"The European Central Bank shall be invited to take part in such meetings ... "<br /><br />that is the only scope for issuing invitations, and it was clearly not intended and does not extend to issuing invitations to ministers from non-euro countries.<br /><br />If notwithstanding the lack of any legal authority to do so the Commission did take part in euo group meetings to which ministers from non-euro states had been invited, and allowed EU premises and facilities to be used for them, on what grounds could the UK minister be excluded from those meetings?Denis Coopernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-24358966738527519512011-12-09T21:11:01.720+00:002011-12-09T21:11:01.720+00:00Thanks Anonymous. The analysis is simple: under EC...Thanks Anonymous. The analysis is simple: under ECJ case law, EU institutions can be used by an ad hoc group outside the main EU treaties subject to agreement by ALL member states. If this was normal law, it would be very difficult to get around that precedence, but, as you know, this is EU law so political expediency is king, and the final outcome is anyone's guess.Open Europe blog teamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13298566546867244328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-14677579171789335922011-12-09T21:05:36.924+00:002011-12-09T21:05:36.924+00:00No analysis on how the 26 may vacate the current E...No analysis on how the 26 may vacate the current EU treaty and sign a new identical one, minus the UK votes and money, taking the EU institutions with them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-53972337323066291922011-12-09T18:26:26.830+00:002011-12-09T18:26:26.830+00:00Give us a break!
Does the UK now wish to play the...Give us a break!<br /><br />Does the UK now wish to play the role of dog in the manger?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com