Wednesday, 8 October 2008

What they actually agreed
By Richard(Richard)
It has no regulatory power but makes recommendations which are then adopted (with or without changes) by the EU commission before they become law – by way of Commission Regulations. In that process, by the way, there are two EU bodies ...
EU Referendum - http://eureferendum.blogspot.com/

CEA welcomes European Parliament committee vote on Solvency II
EUbusiness (press release) - Richmond,England,UK
Solvency capital requirements for EU insurers have been in place since the 1970s. Following a review required by the third generation Insurance Directives ...
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Facing Financial Crisis, European Nations Put Self-Interest First
New York Times - United States
The disarray has raised painful memories of Ireland’s single-handed rejection of the European Union’s Lisbon Treaty in June, dealing a serious blow to the ...
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Shake-up restores Lib Dem EU rebels
The Press Association
And Sarah Teather (Brent East) moves from business, enterprise and regulatory reform to become housing spokeswoman for the party. Her old business portfolio ...
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Euros du Village
Main change for CFSP is a double-hatted EU ’foreign minister’
Euros du Village - Lille,Germany
Admittedly he was referring to the Constitutional Treaty, but the new Reform Treaty that will emerge from the German Presidency’s mandate for the ...
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EU elections could be pan-European by 2014
TheParliament.com - London,UK
... weekend voting and reform of the system of immunity for MEPs. Duff said he accepts his proposals will require a treaty change and would be subject to ...
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Catherine Ashton appointed as new EU Trade Commissioner
7thSpace Interactive (press release) - New York,NY,USA
She brings with her significant European experience, including steering the Lisbon Treaty through the UK's upper chamber and dealing with EU justice and ...
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Poland to push new EU energy solidarity plan
EUobserver.com - Brussels,Belgium
The scheme - to be unveiled at the EU summit on 15 October - would require tweaking existing directives rather than a grand new "energy solidarity treaty" ...
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Time to think ahead
By euvangelist
But because doing anything to criticize the Irish when the European Union needs Ireland’s approval of the Lisbon (aka “constitutional”) Treaty to usher in a new era of EU reform and evolution would clearly have been political suicide. ...
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Lisbon Treaty: MEPs Debate Irish Rejection and Way Forward
The EU must cooperate with the Irish government to address people's concerns and find a suitable way forward for institutional reform. So said MEPs in a lively Constitutional Affairs Committee debate with Irish Foreign Minister Michael ...
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Dear Sir, 07.10.08: Useless to rely on class consciousness
By Mick Hall(Mick Hall)
... Red Pepper from John Palmer which I missed first time around, John has been for decades a leading advocate of the left taking a greater role with in the EU, for example he was against the Irish No campaign against the new EU treaty. ...
ORGANIZED RAGE - http://www.organizedrage.com/
Vietnam History
By Blog Administrator(Blog Administrator)
In 1990 the European Union established official diplomatic relations with Vietnam. In 1992 Vietnam signed a 1976 ASEAN agreement on regional amity and cooperation, regarded as the first step towards ASEAN membership, which occurred in ...
VietNam Lanscape and People - http://sightofvietnam.blogspot.com/
THE END OF ARROGANCE
By JD(JD)
Bush withdrew the American signature from a treaty to establish the International Criminal Court, he refused to ratify the Kyoto Protocol to combat climate change and he withdrew from an agreement with the Russians to limit the number ...
Nørse Berserker - http://norseberserker.blogspot.com/