article_snippet: Two-thirds of the laws passed by Britain’s parliament over the past 22 years have either been made or influenced by the European Union, according to a study.
article_snippet: The study, by the Eurosceptic campaign group Business for Britain, found that 59.3 per cent of the total are regulations – binding the European Union laws which must be accepted by member states without modification.
article_snippet: An analysis of the laws made between 1993 and 2014 found that two-thirds were made or influenced by the European Union (pictured, the EU flag)
article_snippet: And the other 5.4 per cent are directives, a general aim which can be interpreted in the laws passed by national parliaments.
article_snippet: a study found that the largest number of EU-influenced directives passed into British law was in 2009 when 294 were brought in.
article_snippet: Of the major pieces of legislation in 2013, 35 out of 78 were implementing the European Union directives.
highlights_snippet: Study found 64.7 per cent of the laws made between 1993 and 2014 have either been made or influenced by the European Union .
  
highlights_snippet: More than half were binding the European Union laws which must be accepted by member states without modification .
  