The United Kingdom chairs since November the rotating presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, decision-making body of the pan-European organization in Strasbourg. In a speech few weeks ago, Prime Minister David Cameron warned that the court risked undermining its own reputation by "going over national decisions where it does not need to".

Is the Treaty enforcing budget rules in the Economic and Monetary Union compatible with our Constitutions? Will the European integration survive the Euro? How to restore Democracy in Europe after tomorrow ? These are the three main questions that the two distinguished guests of the EFD Group answered at the conference-debate organized on the initiative of its Vice-Chair Morten Messerschmidt in the European Parliament.

The Court of Karlsrhue, recently approving the financial package for the Eurozone, said that : "The democratic principle of budget autonomy means that the Bundestag may not approve any open-ended intergovernmental or supranational guarantee or transfer mechanism".