Stockton: Devolution of decision-making

Speech to the European Convention

Mr President, I agree with you when you say that when discussing subsidiarity balance is the key question. Like the famous Blondin, my old friend Mr Méndez de Vigo has shown himself to have perfect balance as he has negotiated the narrow wire along which ...

Stockton: National Parliaments and the European Parliament

Mr President, in our debate yesterday and during all of our debates, the words that we have heard most frequently have been "subsidiarity" and "flexibility". In third place has been the word "cooperation", especially from my distinguished colleague, Mr Kirkhope, who used it no less than 11 times in his ...