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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11623

14 September 2016
Contents Publication in full By article 30 / 28
NEWS BRIEFS / United kingdom
British parliament must be consulted before Article 50 is activated, says House of Lords' Constitution Committee

13/09/2016 (Agence Europe)On Tuesday 13 September, the UK's House of Lords’ Constitution Committee published a report warning the government about activating Article 50 of the Treaty of the EU before consulting the Houses of Parliament. The committee says that this would be constitutionally inappropriate and it would set a worrying precedent for the government to act on the Brexit referendum without explicit parliamentary approval.  The outcome of the referendum was clear and...

Contents

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
INSTITUTIONAL
SECTORAL POLICIES
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
EXTERNAL ACTION
ECONOMY - FINANCE
NEWS BRIEFS