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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9648

23 April 2008
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/lisbon treaty
Dutch parliament wants COSAC strengthened so that national MPs can make full use of increased powers

Brussels, 22/04/2008 (Agence Europe) - The Dutch parliament wants to make sure that member states' national parliaments will be able to make effective use of the increased powers in scrutinising the subsidiarity and proportionality of European Commission legislative proposals conferred on them by the Lisbon Treaty. Two Dutch MPs - Luuk Blom from the ruling PvdA and Han ten Broeke of the opposition VVD - travelled to Brussels on Monday 21 April to argue for the COSAC (Conference of bodies...

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