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Originally Posted by arden forester
Good point. However, he could still put up a fight in the House of Commons against Gordon Bean. It would then be interesting to see what happens, if the House of Commons rejects ID cards, and the EU then forces them through. Clegg would then have a FACT OF LIFE staring him in the face.
Exactly what you say! "The EU will not allow opposition to itself within its ranks."
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I may be completely wrong on this but my reading is that once the EU is formally constituted as a state (post ratification of the Lisbon Treaty by all members), national parliaments will continue to have law making powers only in those areas where the EU has not claimed "competence" for itself. "International security" - ie security of the EU state agianst its citizens - is undoubtedly one area where the EU has claimed competence, so huffing and puffing in Parliament will carry as much weight with the EU as your local council would with the current Parliament if it disagreed with, say, the smoking ban. Indeed, ID cards and the Euro could well be introduced by decree without reference to Parliament. I really hope somebody can convince me I'm wrong.