The European Commission's right to withdraw a legislative proposal
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22-04-2015
On 14 April 2015, the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) delivered a judgment on the power of the Commission to withdraw a legislative proposal during the legislative procedure. The Court confirmed, for the first time, that the right of the Commission to withdraw legislative proposals is inseparable from its right of initiative.
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- action for annulment (EU)
- EU institutions and European civil service
- European Commission
- EUROPEAN UNION
- European Union law
- institutional balance (EU)
- interinstitutional relations (EU)
- judgment of the Court (EU)
- justice
- LAW
- ordinary legislative procedure
- political framework
- POLITICS
- power of initiative
- powers of the institutions (EU)
- proposal (EU)
- Treaty on the Functioning of the EU