EU Treaty Changes - Senior Fellow Tim Ambler's letter in the Daily Telegraph
Senior Fellow at the Adam Smith Institute Tim Ambler published a letter with the Daily Telegraph on bilateral treaties within the EU:
SIR – It takes at least four years to set up an intergovernmental meeting to make EU treaty changes, by which time the referendum will be long gone.
The only way agreements can be made binding is through bilateral treaties between EU members undertaking to include the agreements in the next round of treaty changes. Such bilateral agreements are allowed by EU protocols but have not yet been used for this purpose.
In addition to being both precise and binding, Brussels would not be able to frustrate the process.
Tim Ambler Senior Fellow, Adam Smith Institute London SW1