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".

Vice chairman of the AFCO Committee Morten Messershmidt, Member of the EFD Group is the author of a Report, adopted by this Committee, on the proposal for a regulation amending the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union. One of his propositions is to allow dissenting opinions in the ECJ, as it exists and work for example in the Supreme Court of the US or the Court of Human rights in Strasbourg. He stresses why this reform is more than necessary in the highest European jurisdiction and the impact on the quality and the authority of its decisions.

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.

Tilasin viime vuoden lopulla kuvausryhmän käymään kanssani Brysselissä ja Strasbourgissa, ajatuksena esitellä EFD-ryhmän näkökulmasta EU:n toimintaa. Lopputuloksena syntyi videosarja, josta pari ensimmäistä löytyy nyt Youtubesta ja pian myös EFD-ryhmän kotisivuilta. Loput julkaistaan lähiviikkoina. Videoita saa luonnollisesti linkittää vapaasti.

British Prime Minister David Cameron said that if Britain left the EU, the country would find itself in the position of Norway. According to Nigel Farage, Cameron admitted that Britain would still have a free trade deal with 29 States from the European Economic Area (EEA). For UKIP's leader, "there is absolutely nothing to fear in terms of trade from leaving the European Union, because on D+1 we'll find ourselves part of the European Economic Area and with a free trade deal."