Procedure. This procedure, included in the protocol on application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality,” an annex to the Lisbon Treaty, gives national assemblies a right of scrutiny over the legislative cases opened in Brussels. The National Chambers of 12 Member States (Denmark, Sweden, Lithuania, Portugal, Luxembourg, Malta, the Polish Diet, the French Senate, the Belgian house of representatives, the UK’s house of lords and the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament) gave 19 reasoned opinion against the Commission’s proposal to put the right to strike and economic freedoms on the same level (see our dispatch No. 120182). The Commission will formally look into these opinions tomorrow. If it turns out that one in three national Parliaments is opposed to it – i.e. at least 18 votes out of 54, since each assembly gets a vote –, the Commission will have to review the text and, after a reasoned opinion decide whether to keep it, amend it or withdraw it.
5″>see our dispatch No. 120182). The Commission will formally look into these opinions tomorrow. If it turns out that one in three national Parliaments is opposed to it – i.e. at least 18 votes out of 54, since each assembly gets a vote –, the Commission will have to review the text and, after a reasoned opinion decide whether to keep it, amend it or withdraw it.
Limits. With this procedure, national officials are sending the European Commission a warning, blaming it for overstepping its pr
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