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The Irish parliament - among those that will have to find its way in a future EU (Photo: EUobserver)

National parliaments 'not best' for EU's interests

A new ideas paper on progress towards further EU integration highlights the shifting power sands for national parliaments as the European Parliament is set to become the principle democratic guardian of a future EU.

The paper - put together by EU council president Herman Van Rompuy and published Thursday (6 December) - lays out a loose time framework for achieving "genuine economic and monetary union."

In a section entitled democratic legitimacy and accountability - the section it...

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The Irish parliament - among those that will have to find its way in a future EU (Photo: EUobserver)

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