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Westminster, UK: National parliaments worry more about finished law proposals than about drafts. (Photo: UK Parliament)

'Yellow cards' from national EU parliaments not very effective

New tools national parliaments received five years ago this month to influence EU lawmaking are not very effective, a research requested by the Dutch national assembly found.

The report - "Engaging with Europe" - by Radboud University in Nijmegen was presented in The Hague on Wednesday (3 December).

Since the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon on 1 December 2009, national parliaments in EU member states have the right to raise a “yellow card" if they think that a proposed la...

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Westminster, UK: National parliaments worry more about finished law proposals than about drafts. (Photo: UK Parliament)

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