Wednesday, 24 September 2008

Napolitano on Cyprus, Turkey
Athens News Agency - Athens,Greece
Napolitano said that ratification of the Treaty was vital in order to allow further EU enlargement, while both Greece and Italy were in favour of an ...
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Euros du Village
Just another medical visit for the well-known patient ? (1/2)
Euros du Village - Viroflay,France
As the Parliament continues without any real decision power on the CAP, at least as long as the Reform Treaty has not been ratified, it will be up to the ...
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Liechtenstein: Development And Future Of The Liechtenstein ...
Mondaq News Alerts (subscription) - London,UK
So far, no agreement has been achieved, even though the treaty is based on the EU acquis. Prime Minister Otmar Hasler announced the goal of concluding both ...
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Ireland neutrality challenged by the the Lisbon treaty or rather ...
By admin
The irish, allegedly US-sponsored, neutrality is stopping the EU from moving forward in democratic reform. This is a nice paradox! A treaty meant to bring more transparency to the EU hijacked by a campaign whose funding was everything ...
Joan Marc Simon - http://www.simonlluma.eu
EU: Broad economic policy guidelines II
By Grahnlaw(Grahnlaw)
Has the treaty reform process tried to improve the provisions on economic policies as a matter of common concern, or more specifically the broad economic policy guidelines? First, we turn to the European Convention, the closest thing to ...
Grahnlaw - http://grahnlaw.blogspot.com/
ARAB ATTACKS ISRAELIS AGAIN
By STAN L BOWMAN JR.(STAN L BOWMAN JR.)
Development of a comprehensive proposal for reform would require careful and extensive analysis that would be difficult to compress, he added.(Writing by Mark Felsenthal; Editing by Theodore d'Afflisio) What Olmert's Resignation Means ...
7 YEAR PEACE TREATY SIGNING - http://israel7777777.blogspot.com/
we need first strike capability in order to prevent WMD. . .huh?
By Rod(Rod)
Former armed force chiefs from the US, Britain, Germany, France, and the Netherlands authored a 150-page blueprint calling for urgent reform of NATO, and a new pact drawing the US, NATO, and the European Union (EU) together in a “grand ...
Rod - http://ruderod.livejournal.com/
Yemen’s Woes
By kenwl
With the signing of the Joint Defense and Economic Cooperation Treaty in 1950, the precedent was set for the establishment of an era of mutual Arab cooperation and assistance. Within article 7 it states the fundamental goals the Arab ...
Diplomatic Waltz - http://diplomaticwaltz.wordpress.com 

In Europe, Rules Would Hobble Any Financial Rescue
New York Times - United States
Yet bank regulation at the European Union level has hardly kept up. Should one of the new Continental giants find itself under threat, as has happened to ...
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Krauts Sour on Wall Street Bailout
Many European countries, she said, had already imposed stringent conditions on their banking sectors. "We dutifully adopted a nice EU directive into national law, and we had to deal with numerous complaints from small- and medium-sized ...
Press Clips - http://blogs.villagevoice.com/pressclips/

SNP caution on EU Financial Markets report
SNP (press release) - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
The eventual compromise is muddled, and crucially could be taken to be a call for a massive increase in EU competence where in my view financial regulation, ...
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BBC News
Follow the Money
BBC News - UK
There will be even more protection when an EU directive comes into force in 2009 that will compel companies above a certain size to become registered with ...
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Impact of new battery directive on India
CIOL - Bangalore,Karnataka,India
UK: The European Union (EU) adopted the "Batteries Directive" 91/157/EEC in March 1991. This introduced restrictions on the use of mercury in most batteries ...
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In Europe, bank regulation hasn't kept up with cross-border realities
International Herald Tribune - France
An EU directive calls for the home country's jurisdiction to take the lead, and for equal treatment of creditors within the EU. But laws governing winding ...
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UK mandatory retirement does not violate EU antidiscrimination law ...
JURIST - USA
The group Age Concern England [advocacy website], which challenged the UK regulations, stated [press release], "Millions of older workers in the EU will be ...
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