Transcript The Great British Opt-out: timeline

The Great British Opt-out: timeline
• December 2007: Lisbon Treaty signed, “Tony’s
Time-bomb” planted
• December 2009: Treaty in force
• January 2011: Ticking noticed; votes in both
Houses promised
• January 2012: Open Europe document
• February 2012: letter to theTelegraph
• 14 May 2012: Cambridge seminar
• 15 September 2012: CELS report
Time-line (continued)
• Late September: David Cameron in Brazil,
“We’re doing it!”
• 15 October: Teresa May – “We’re minded
to do it.” Daily Express “WHOOPEE!”
• 30 October: Raab report (Open Europe)
• 1 November: speech by Nick Clegg
• 1 November: HL EU Committee calls for
evidence
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For further information on the implications of
the Protocol 36 opt-out, see Alicia
Hinarejos, Steve Peers and John Spencer,
“Opting out of EU criminal law: What is
actually involved?”, published by the
Cambridge University Centre for European
Legal Studies (CELS) in September 2012.
A link to the text can be found on the
ECLA(UK) website under “publications”.