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MPs should have the right to reject EU legislative proposals, say the trio of countries (Photo: EU Commission)

Call for veto powers for MPs in new EU treaty

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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MPs should have the right to reject EU legislative proposals, say the trio of countries (Photo: EU Commission)

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