National Courts and the EU Judicial System: Draft Report of the European Parliament

Blogging has been light for a number of reasons but we'll do some catching up....

Back in June 2007 we noted the hearing that was held by the Legal Affairs Committee of the European Parliament recently held an interesting hearing on "The role of the national judge in the judicial system of the European Union" and announced that Diana Wallis MEP would draft an own-initiative report on the subject.

Ms Wallis has done that now and you can find the draft report and its annex here.

The draft report is well worth reading. It deals with how national courts can better enforce and apply EU law. Topics covered are not just the preliminary reference procedure but also training for judges, access to EU law (no mention of this blog, alas) and better drafting of EU law itself.

Particularly interesting is the extensive annex which is a distillation of responses sent by 2300 national judges.