The European Parliament Sidelined On the Council's distorted reading of Article 7(1) TEU Pech, Laurent Author aut Kochenov, Dimitry Vladimirovich Author aut Platon, Sébastien Author aut Text xx# 2019 Verfassungsblog 2019-12-08 eng
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 When the Council adopted the first set of procedural rules governing Article 7(1) TEU hearings in July 2019, it unilaterally decided to make the Commission the proxy for the Parliament. This post will show how the Council’s differential treatment of the Commission and the Parliament as activating bodies under Article 7(1) is not compatible with EU primary law and goes against in particular the principle of institutional balance. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Pech, Laurent funded by the government Art. 7 TEU Council Legal Service European Parliament 342 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/the-european-parliament-sidelined/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.17176/20191209-060505-0 191208 10.17176/20191209-060505-0 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)