Do we want more of this......Let us make OUR own decisions.
EU CAN PROSECUTE A MEMBER STATE FOR LACK OF "SINCERE COOPERATION"
This is a taste of things to come if we remain in the EU. If the Commission cannot get its way through the Council of Ministers, it can prosecute (and of course, fine) member states for failing in the "principle of sincere cooperation" established by treaty. But a principle is not an obligation, I hear you say. And no one ditches principles faster than the EU when it suits them, as we have seen repeatedly during the Eurozone crisis. But all means are equal when the Commission wants to impose its will and raise some money through fines. This is yet another backdoor way to impose EU legislation on member states.
European Commission - Press release
Rail transport: Commission refers Germany to the Court of Justice of the EU for failing to fulfil its duty of sincere cooperation
Brussels, 16 June 2016
Today, the European Commission decided to refer Germany to the Court of Justice of the EU owing to the conduct adopted by the German authorities at the 25th session of the Revision Committee of the OTIF held in Bern, Switzerland, on 25-26 June 2014.
Today, the European Commission decided to refer Germany to the Court of Justice of the EU owing to the conduct adopted by the German authorities at the 25th session of the Revision Committee of the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF) held in Bern, Switzerland, on 25-26 June 2014.
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-16-2104_en.htm
EU CAN PROSECUTE A MEMBER STATE FOR LACK OF "SINCERE COOPERATION"
This is a taste of things to come if we remain in the EU. If the Commission cannot get its way through the Council of Ministers, it can prosecute (and of course, fine) member states for failing in the "principle of sincere cooperation" established by treaty. But a principle is not an obligation, I hear you say. And no one ditches principles faster than the EU when it suits them, as we have seen repeatedly during the Eurozone crisis. But all means are equal when the Commission wants to impose its will and raise some money through fines. This is yet another backdoor way to impose EU legislation on member states.
European Commission - Press release
Rail transport: Commission refers Germany to the Court of Justice of the EU for failing to fulfil its duty of sincere cooperation
Brussels, 16 June 2016
Today, the European Commission decided to refer Germany to the Court of Justice of the EU owing to the conduct adopted by the German authorities at the 25th session of the Revision Committee of the OTIF held in Bern, Switzerland, on 25-26 June 2014.
Today, the European Commission decided to refer Germany to the Court of Justice of the EU owing to the conduct adopted by the German authorities at the 25th session of the Revision Committee of the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF) held in Bern, Switzerland, on 25-26 June 2014.
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-16-2104_en.htm
