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German media reports that the main political parties in Germany are close to reaching a compromise on how to strengthen the role of the German Parliament in the EU decision making process, as required by the country's Constitutional Court before the Parliament can ratify the Lisbon Treaty. Head of CSU's national committee, Peter Ramsauer, said that a compromise should mean that the German Parliament's voice in EU decisions should be strengthened while at the same time "the government's room for manoeuvre at EU level should be sufficiently guaranteed". Several papers interpret this to mean that the German Parliament will not have a general veto right over EU decisions, as was originally envisioned by the CSU.
However, Ramsauer said that the government would have to provide a justification in case it decides to go against the recommendations by the Parliament. Furthermore, he said that an amendment of the German Constitution is not necessary.
According to press reports, this increases the likelihood of the Lisbon Treaty being ratified before German Parliament elections on 27 September, five days before the Irish referendum.
Meanwhile, in an interview with the Tagesspiegel, former Constitutional Court Judge Dieter Grimm stressed that "if competences move to Brussels, they are lost in the national parliaments. Therefore this must not happen without a debate and decision in the Bundestag. That means more work, but it is worthwhile".
Die Welt reports that the former MEP Franz Ludwig Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (CSU) has said that he may launch a new complaint against the Lisbon Treaty, "We see each other in Karlsruhe again" if the parliament and Bundesrat (upper chamber) do not sufficiently transpose the requirements of the Court's Lisbon judgment."
CSU bei EU-Reform nun doch kompromissbereit - Politik - Deutschland - Handelsblatt.com
CSU bei EU-Reform kompromissbereit - Keine Grundgesetzänderung | Inland | Reuters
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EU-Reform: Stauffenberg droht mit neuer Verfassungsklage - Nachrichten welt_print - Politik - WELT ONLINE
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