EU Debate : CEL in the media

_{Professor Tridimas (right) on BBC News earlier this month.}

Members of the School’s Centre of European Law (CEL) have been in the media frequently in recent days to comment on the summit in Brussels, where European Union leaders have met to try to reach a deal on EU membership.

Professor Sir Francis Jacobs, President of the Centre of European Law, was interviewed on the Today programme on BBC Radio Four and said ‘EU Law must remain sovereign for the EU to function properly'.

Professor Takis Tridimas, Director of the Centre of European Law, discussed the UK’s EU membership renegotiations on BBC News. ‘At the moment we have a draft agreement which needs to be approved by the representative of the other members of state,’ he said. On the question of whether David Cameron's EU deal is legally binding, Professor Tridimas, in an interview with BBC News, said: 'Ultimately, the precise interpretation and effect of the UK's arrangements will be subject to the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice. However, it would be inconceivable for the European Court to ignore a binding commitment by all member states which has been endorsed by a popular referendum.'

Speaking to The Independent, Professor Alexander Türk said: 'The ECJ would have to think very long and hard to overturn an arrangement which has been agreed over many months in a difficult political situation. The Court would have to be convinced this is worth derailing.' Read in full on the Independent website. 

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