On Wednesday 24 October, the members of the European Parliament roundly criticised the inaction of the European Council, which failed, in Brussels on Wednesday 17 and Thursday 18 October (see EUROPE 12119, 12120) to reach agreement on the orderly withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, the reform of the European asylum system or on the deepening of Economic and Monetary Union.
Although the failure to reach a deal with London is not solely the fault of the Twenty-Seven and...