The report was approved with the support of 30 members of the European Parliament and 9 votes against.
“The principle of primacy is a cornerstone of the EU legal system and is fundamental to the functioning of the EU. Although not explicitly stated in the Treaties, it has developed through the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU),” say the report’s authors.
They therefore recommended enshrining this principle in EU treaties “in order to mitigate potential conflicts” and expressed their regret that this was not the case in the Lisbon Treaty.
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