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Public services: The European Court of Justice is creating "de facto legislation outside democratic control"
The Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) expresses its serious concern in the wake of the European Court of Justice's decision in the "Parking Brixen" case taken on13 October 2005.
We are witnessing an ongoing process of de facto legislation by decisions of an unelected court, outside the democratic control of the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers, says CEMR secretary general Jeremy Smith. The Parking Brixen case represents another worrying line of recent European Court of Justice decisions which is chiseling away our municipalities' ...
We are witnessing an ongoing process of de facto legislation by decisions of an unelected court, outside the democratic control of the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers, says CEMR secretary general Jeremy Smith. The Parking Brixen case represents another worrying line of recent European Court of Justice decisions which is chiseling away our municipalities' ...
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