Re: We will never leave (Benn's bill)
Originally Posted by
Puddle Duck
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The EU Commission have chosen the new member candidates.
Stating today on the news, Ireland have sent a commissioner, but UK have not.
Now I mentioned this a while back, but was shot down in flames by Solly. However, as I understand it, if UK do not send an EU Commissioner, then they have gone against the EU Treaty (one of them) and can be thrown out of the EU.
How about that ?
You don't need to believe me. How about this?
But Jean-Claude Piris, formerly the director-general of the EU Council’s legal service, said the idea – refusing to appoint a new commissioner – would fail to shut down the EU, as No 10 hoped.
“The Commission can continue to work and decide legally,” Mr Piris wrote on Twitter, citing a precedent dating back to 1999.
Instead, he said: “The UK will be brought to the EUCJ [the European Court of Justice] for violation of its obligation.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-a9096546.html