The Bundestag on Thursday (22 April) is set to hold a landmark vote on European affairs, with the first binding EU recommendation for its government to follow in respect to Iceland’s membership bid to join the bloc.

Although not a controversial one, the vote is a premiere in German politics, after lawmakers acquired a greater say on the government’s EU policies. These extra powers were key for the Bundestag last year to approve the Lisbon Treaty, the EU’s new legal framework, which the German constitutional court said did not provide enough parliamentary oversight.

from EUobserver

problems:

1. Icelanders don’t want to hear about EU anymore
2. Post-Lisbon Germany has a privileged status among EU members. German Parliament alone has special status among Parliaments of other EU memberstates.