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Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill

Predictably, there would be enforcement proceedings, infraction proceedings and various other actions. Until very recently, my party had precisely such a policy in respect of the common fisheries policy, except that we had not spelled out the legal mechanism for doing that. We are perfectly happy to accept that, where matters of vital national interest are concerned, Europe does not necessarily get it right. In fact, the low growth and high unemployment, the riots in France, the problems implementing economic reforms that Angela Merkel is experiencing, the difficulties that Mr. de Villepin experienced, and so on—the list is endless—are all indications of the fact that the Lisbon agenda does not work—