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Lisbon Treaty MEP blasts EU court's Article 50 opinion
By EUOBSERVER
An MEP who helped draft Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty has lambasted Tuesday's opinion from the EU court that a country can unilaterally withdraw its application to leave the EU. Jo Leinen, a German MEP and member of the constitutional convention, said: "The advocate general's assessment is misguided. Article 50 of the EU Treaty is not intended to allow a member state to take the European Union hostage".