US EditionMEPs Vote for Parliament to Sue Commission over €150bn Defence Scheme
EUROPEAN UNION, JUN 25 – The European Parliament challenges the Commission’s use of emergency powers for the €150 billion SAFE defense program, citing risks to democratic oversight and institutional balance.
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150 billion euros for armaments – decided in urgent procedure, without the parliament. Now MEPs are drawing against the EU Commission's action in court.
The European Parliament (PE) intends to sit with the Court of Justice of the European Union (EUJEU) on the exclusion of European Parliamentarians from the negotiations on the European Fund of EUR 150 billion from...
The European Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) voted on Tuesday 24 June in favour of legal action at the Court of Justice of the European Union on the European Commission's EUR 150 billion defence loan programme, invoking controversy over MEPs' lack of control of the plan. By secret vote, 20 out of 23 MEPs supported the launch of a legal appeal to the EU Court of Justice against the EU Council. The other three MEPs abstained.
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