House of Commons - Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance: impact on the eurozone and the rule of law

European Scrutiny Committee - Sixty-Second Report
Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance: impact on the eurozone and the rule of law

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 27 March 2012.

Contents

Terms of Reference

1 Introduction

Background

Temporary stability measures

A permanent stability measure

A "Six Pack" of legislative proposals

An intergovernmental agreement on fiscal discipline and economic integration

The inquiry

Summary of the SCG Treaty

Treaty provisions

Arrangements for bringing a case to the Court of Justice under Article 8

2 The legal issues—the evidence

The Government's view

The Prime Minister's statements after the European Council of 9 December

Correspondence with the Government during the negotiation of the SCG Treaty

The Minister for Europe's evidence to the Committee on 23 February

The view of the expert legal witnesses

Value of an intergovernmental treaty

The rule of law - a principle infringed?

Voting obligations in Article 7

Role of the Commission in Article 8

Does Article 8(1) place legally binding obligations on contracting States?

Jurisdiction of the Court of Justice in Article 8

Enhanced cooperation

Was the UK right to exercise its veto and what are the consequences?

3 The economic and political issues—the evidence

4 Article 136 TFEU and the European Stability Mechanism—the evidence

5 Conclusions

Formal Minutes

Witnesses

List of printed written evidence

List of additional written evidence

Oral and Written Evidence

Tuesday 7 February 2012

Wednesday 8 February 2012

Thursday 23 February 2012

Wednesday 14 March 2012

Written evidence

Additional written evidence