Paul Magnette, former Minister-President of the Walloon Region (Belgium), warned on Tuesday 30 April that the Belgian Socialist Party (PS) would continue to "refuse any arbitration mechanism" under the Free Trade Agreement with Canada (CETA), thus expressing its disagreement with the opinion of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU, delivered earlier today, that the judicial system of CETA is compatible with EU law (see EUROPE B12245A3).
"I respect the Court's opinion, even...