The Spanish left asked to bring CETA to the Constitutional Court – Sputnik World

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15:16 29.11.2016updated at 15:27 29.11.2016) shortened URL

The text that will be discussed in the Congress called to “immediately seek the prior control of constitutionality of international treaties provided for in article 95 of the Spanish Constitution before the Constitutional Court to ensure that there is no contrast between the text of the CETA and the Spanish Constitution”.

The proposition of the parliamentary group of United we Can, which includes to We and the United Left, also requested “the opinion of the Court of Justice of the European Union on the compatibility of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement with the European Treaties”.

last Wednesday, January 23, the European Parliament prevented, with the votes of conservatives and social democrats, that the agreement with Canada was brought to the Court of Justice of the European Union to review possible compatibility problems.

The text recorded by the left-wing coalition also reminded the Government that until such time as three autonomous parliaments (Valencian Community, Catalonia and Extremadura) have asked the Executive to refrain from authorizing the signing of the agreement.

therefore, United we Can propose that the Government of Mariano Rajoy to reject the application of the agreement until you have consulted with the autonomous communities.

in Addition, the coalition requests that, if finally comes into force of the agreement, all decisions in the framework of mechanisms of cooperation regulatory are subject to the control of Parliament.