They intend to amend the 'Act on Cooperation between the Federal Government and the German Bundestag in Matters concerning the European Union (EUZBBG)'.
They stress that the ruling issued by the Federal Constitutional Court on 9 June 2012 has made more concrete Parliament’s rights to receive information and participate in this field. The relevant bill makes clear in particular that the German Federal Government’s obligations to provide Parliament with information “also apply to international treaties and intergovernmental agreements if they supplement, or are otherwise closely related to” EU law.
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