"I think this is a very important decision about the separation of powers, " said Carl Tobias, a constitutional law professor at Virginia's University of Richmond.

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Mohammed Ayub, of Chambers solicitors, Bradford, who was acting for AE, described the ruling as a landmark decision and a "very important step in AE's claim for damages".

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The so-called "Luxembourg Compromise" allows a member state to block a majority decision being taken if an issue is deemed to seriously affect "a very important national interest".

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He says he did not stop this, believing it to be "a very sensible decision", because he felt Warnings Index checks were more important.

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This is particularly true insofar as such a decision would likely have very serious repercussions for the United States, for its most important ally in the Middle East, Israel, and for the strategic relationship between them.

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