European Scrutiny - Thirty-Fifth Report

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 2 October 2007.

Contents

Terms of Reference

European Union Intergovernmental Conference

Background

Our consideration of the preparations for the IGC

The Commission's Opinion

The Government's view

—Treaty structure and the 'constitutional concept'

— Common Foreign and Security policy

— European Security and Defence policy

— Justice and Home Affairs

— Charter of Fundamental Rights

— Subsidiarity and the role of national parliaments

— Single legal personality for EU

— Other institutional issues

Assessment of the Commission's opinion and of the Government's response in the White Paper

— the Constitutional Treaty and the Reform Treaty compared

— the 'constitutional concept'

— the Government's 'red-line' issues

— the Charter of Fundamental Rights

— CFSP and ESDP

— Justice and Home Affairs

— the role of national parliaments

Conclusion

Annex — The Constitutional Treaty and the Reform Treaty- table of derivation

Formal minutes

List of written evidence

Written Evidence

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Prepared 9 October 2007