“What the European Commission is doing here is an unprecedented abuse of power. To put an agreement into provisional effect even though it has neither been ratified by the European Parliament nor finally reviewed from a legal standpoint amounts to nothing less than a deliberate circumvention of democratic oversight. While the European Court of Justice is still examining the matter, the Commission is creating a fait accompli and bypassing Parliament. This approach strips the agreement of any democratic legitimacy and creates massive legal uncertainty. Anyone who acts in this way is placing themselves above the law and undermining the institutional balance of the European Union.”
Group in the European Parliament
