Dear Britons, please keep away from the Brexit!

Some of the claims in the election manifestos, especially of the eurosceptics and Conservatives, are at least incorrect or misleading. For example, Cameron's Tories claim they want more powers for the national parliaments, but in the same time a study by the pro-European British think-tank Centre for European Reform shows that although even now the national parliaments have influence over European policies they are not using it. In the British parliament there is a special committee that reviews European legislation. The committee complains, according to CER's study, that they demanded six parliamentary debates on European issues which, however, never took place.

One of the issues was freedom of movement of EU citizens which is central in British politics and in the election campaign, writes Agata Gostyńska. One of the arguments the government gave the committee to respond to its criticism is that just a few British MPs are interested in EU. This brings up the question how, then, would a possible increase of the role of national parliaments in the decision-making process of the EU would improve the current situation.

See the study here.