03/07/2019 (Agence Europe) – The Member States' ambassadors to the European Union (Coreper) approved on Wednesday 3 July the European Commission's proposal to exclude the period between 20 December and 10 January from the eight weeks remaining for national parliaments to examine legislative initiatives presented by the European Commission (the so-called ‘yellow card’ procedure or respect for subsidiarity). Indeed, the period in question corresponds to the Christmas holidays, during...