Wednesday, 21 January 2009

Rugfish and politics: A better deal from Europe ? - Forget it !
It is also worth noting that the EU Directive of Confidentiality which makes it a "criminal act" to breach the confidentiality of the overall directions of these plans which are taking actions in our country which amount to .... The Common Agricultural Policy costs Britain at least £16.8 billion per annum - The Common Fisheries Policy costs Britain at least £3.275 billion per annum - Over-regulation on business costs Britain at least £28 billion per annum. ...
Rugfish and politics - http://rugfish.blogspot.com/


The EU, Gaza and the Lisbon Treaty
CounterPunch - Petrolia,CA,USA
This “reform treaty”, as its proponents like to call it, supposedly aims to “streamline” the cumbersome workings of the European Union, while in the process ...
EU presidency sees no progress on common tax base
Reuters - USA
Fears that such a tax base would be introduced were one of the reasons the country voted against the EU's Lisbon reform treaty. Ireland is expected to hold ...
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Anti-Lisbon Treaty group registers branch in Czech Republic
Earthtimes (press release) - London,UK
Both outfits oppose EU's the reform pact, stalled since Irish voters rejected it in a public vote in June 2008. Opponents see the accord, which aimed to ...
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Citing Russian 'Aggression,' EU Steps Up Neighborhood Plans
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty - Prague,Czech Republic
The EU in November resumed talks with Russia, suspended in the wake of the Georgian war, on a new partnership treaty. Some European Parliament members in ...
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HIGHLIGHTS-ECB's Trichet at European Parliament
Forbes - NY,USA
'Article 105 (6) of the (EU) treaty explicitly mentions the possibility for the member states to decide to confer upon the ECB specific tasks in the domain ...
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Most Czech MEPs to try to defend mandates in EP elections
Czech Happenings - Pragues,Czech Republic
The party is to become a branch of the pan-European movement of Irish opponents to the EU reform Lisbon treaty, Declan Ganley. Libertas.cz was registered at ...
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Julien Frisch: I recommend reading: "2009 and the EU budget: part one"
By Julien Frisch
On the marvellous initiative FollowTheMoney.eu, Jan Seifert (who also runs an individual blog) has published a nice start into the discussions around the 2009 EU budget and the upcoming stages:. "2009 and the EU budget: part one". I recommend reading - and following the ... Reform Treaty exposed as elaborate prank. 5 days ago. Kosmopolito · Some Kosmopolito housekeeping. 1 week ago. Alpha.Sources blog · Three (four) Goodies on Monetary Policy. 2 weeks ago ...
Julien Frisch - http://julienfrisch.blogspot.com/
Czechs and Europe: Uneasy presidency / ISN
The next few months will show whether the EU is ready to take at least some steps of its own: to reform and strengthen financial regulation, and to subdue the destabilizing mechanisms and unaccountable forces in the financial sector ... Indeed, this system does not really require a treaty ratification; even now, a more self-confident EU presidency than the Czech Republic's is likely to prove might - even without the treaty - have invited member-states to ...
News stories - ISN - http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/Security-Watch
FT.com | Brussels Blog | Big job, tiny electorate: Barroso set ...
Still, this is the way Europe operates, it’s written into the EU’s rules, and very few leaders seem inclined to change it. You can’t blame Barroso for working the system as he finds it. ...
Brussels Blog - http://blogs.ft.com/brusselsblog/