Brussels, 30/10/2014 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 30 October, the European Commission decided to ask the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for an opinion on the competence to sign and ratify the free trade agreement with Singapore - which was initialled in September 2013 and for which the chapter on investment protection was finalised on 17 October.
“I have been saying for months that we need to clarify the interpretation of the Lisbon Treaty as regards trade matters (…)...