Friday, 5 December 2008

UK, Ireland meet on EU treaty
International Herald Tribune - France
Ireland is the only EU member whose constitution requires ratification by a public referendum. Voters cast "no" votes to the mammoth reform document — some ...
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PREVIEW: Czech premier faces sceptical party on eve of EU presidency
Monsters and Critics.com - USA
Bem said that the Czechs should come up with a new, shorter reform pact during their EU presidency that would replace the Lisbon Treaty, which has stalled ...
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An EU embrace, Russia's penalty for the Georgia invasion
Daily Star - Lebanon - Beirut,Lebanon
Comprehensive security-sector reform remains off the political agenda. Even in the high-priority defense sector, perhaps one-third of government spending is ...
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Inter Press Service: Europe: A giant cripple
Business Mirror - Philippines
As for institutional reform of the EU, the report is particularly skeptical regarding the effectiveness of a “European president” or a “foreign minister” to ...
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European Parliament head urges Czechs to ratify Lisbon Treaty soon
TREND Information - Baku,Azerbaijan
President of the European Parliament Hans-Gert Poettering expressed hopes Friday that the Czech Republic would ratify the European Union's reform treaty ...
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[Comment] Without candidates, who will blog about EU elections?
EUobserver.com - Brussels,Belgium
Its much needed constitutional reform lies grubby and in tatters after the Irish referendum, with great uncertainty as to how, when or if it can ever again ...
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rish PM in pre-summit talks on stalled EU treaty AFP ... he hoped ...
By Britannia Radio(Britannia Radio)
rish PM in pre-summit talks on stalled EU treaty AFP ... he hoped with his European Union partners to find an "acceptable way" to break the deadlock over the EU's reform treaty, ahead of a summit next week. ... See all stories on this ...
Britannia Radio - http://britanniaradio.blogspot.com/
EU will succeed in ratifying Lisbon Treaty-Merkel
BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed confidence on Thursday the European Union would succeed in implementing the Lisbon treaty despite a rejection of the reform document by Irish voters in June.
Monitor Online - http://www.monitor.co.ug/artman/publish/
2008-12-04 - Feed 15:30 - Irish PM meets Brown [GB SKY]
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his Irish counterpart Brian Cowen met Thursday to discuss how to reverse Ireland's rejection of the European Union reform treaty. Cowen has faced critic... [more details available after Login on ...
ENEX Online - European News Exchange... - http://www.enex.lu/
Question Questions posed by chikrodah about UKIP
By DaveC
There might be some synergy when it comes to fighting the current treaty, so we all get what is best for Europe (ie no treaty). Declan might play a part in that, but to try and pretend Declan and UKIP are at one on the EU in other areas ...
British Democracy Forum - http://www.democracyforum.co.uk/
The Need for a Revived European Security Dialogue
... Studies report on European perspectives on Ireland's rejection of the Lisbon Treaty to reform the European Union, and a Foreign Policy Centre report on the economic case for Turkey's proposed membership in the European Union. ...
MERLN - Military Education Research... - http://merln.ndu.edu/index.cfm?lang=EN&pageID=3&type=page