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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10850
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / (ae) jha

EP rejects Czech opt-out on Charter of Fundamental Rights

Brussels, 22/05/2013 (Agence Europe) - In Strasbourg on Wednesday 22 May, the European Parliament rejected a request by the Czech Republic dating back more than four years for a derogation to the application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, a clear majority of the MEPs (574 votes to 82, with 24 abstentions) going along with a proposal to this effect tabled by the British member Andrew Duff (ALDE). In October of last year, the committee on constitutional affairs of the EP returned an...

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