Wednesday, 6 August 2008



TIME FOR TRUTH ABOUT EUROPE
By Andy Smith
Even when introducing measures that they are obliged to bring in as a result of an EU directive, they behave as though the initiative were their own. Indeed, Ministers often end up nobly accepting responsibility for laws that they ...
THE FREEDOM ASSOCIATION - http://freedomassociation.typepad.com/the_freedom_association/

EU Brief.
By Britannia Radio(Britannia Radio)
Italy ratifies EU Lisbon Treaty BBC News - UK Italy has become the 23rd out of 27 EU member states to approve the reform treaty, which is aimed at improving decision-making in the enlarged EU. ... See all stories on this topic No to no, ...
Britannia Radio - http://britanniaradio.blogspot.com/

idiots
By Open Europe blog team(Open Europe blog team)
Eurosceptics make a good point when they argue that the EU should concentrate on external challenges like climate change, energy security, migration and global trade. But Ireland's vote against the Lisbon treaty means that the EU now ...
Open Europe blog - http://openeuropeblog.blogspot.com/

The creation of a European Rapid Reaction Force by an avant-guard ...
By Domenico Moro
Thanks to the single currency the EU became a global actor on the monetary plane and now the Reform Treaty has created the conditions for the EU to make significant steps forward even in the sphere of security policy. ...
Le Taurillon, magazine eurocitoyen - http://www.taurillon.org/


Lisbon treaty's Czech fate also depends on Irish approach-Sobotka
Czech Happenings - Pragues,Czech Republic
By their "no" to the EU reform treaty in a referendum in June, the Irish sent a clear signal and it can be said as a certain hyperbole that the treaty is ...
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Czechs should not set excessive goals as EU head - Klaus, Sobotka
Czech Happenings - Pragues,Czech Republic
Moreover, the situation after the Irish "No" to the Lisbon treaty that is to reform the EU institutions will be dealt with in the months to come. ...
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Profile: Nicolas Sarkozy
The REAL TRUTH - Wadsworth,OH,USA
However, with the June 2008 Irish “No” vote against the treaty, the EU was sent reeling. The presidency rotated to France at this precarious time, ...
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Karadzic's arrest hailed as victory for EU enlargement policy
Irish Times - Dublin,Ireland
"No Lisbon Treaty, no enlargement," said French president Nicolas Sarkozy at the last EU leaders' summit in June. German chancellor Angela Merkel said that ...
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Italy: Minister Frattini hails ratification of the Treaty of ...
ISRIA (subscription) - Washington,DC,USA
Minister for Foreign Affairs Franco Frattini expressed his deep satisfaction for the completion of the Treaty of Lisbon ratification process with today's ...
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Italy is no longer the sick man of Europe
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
Not even the Northern League, which has recently voted in favour of the Lisbon Treaty and is fully in line with the government's policies on European issues ...
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