Prague, Warsaw and the Hague are lobbying to get more power for national parliaments written into a new-look constitution for the European bloc.
According to a report in the German daily Handelsblatt, the three countries want MPs to have the right to refuse legislation coming from Brussels.
At the moment the constitution - rejected by Dutch and French voters two years ago - gives parliaments the right to complain about proposed EU legislation, but the European Commission is not ob...
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