
The European Parliament has warned the Commission it could take it to court over its plan to bypass elected lawmakers to create a €150 billion loan programme to boost defence spending across the bloc.
Roberta Metsola, the president of the European Parliament, issued her warning on Tuesday in a letter to Ursula von der Leyen, her counterpart at the EU's executive, in which she urges the Commission to change the legal basis to set up the SAFE programme.