Wednesday, 1 April 2009

eu reform treaty

Obama Meets With Russian, Chinese Leaders on Sidelines of G20
NewsHour - USA
The 1991 Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty, which will expire this year, limits the world's two largest nuclear arsenals to between 1700 and 2200 warheads. ...
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EU expansion firmly linked to Lisbon Treaty
euronews - Lyon,France
At a meeting of foreign ministers in the Czech Republic, the warning was that unless all 27 existing EU nations ratify the Lisbon reform treaty, ...
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Lukashenko Eases Grip as Russia, West Vie for Belarus
Bloomberg - USA
The three Baltic former Soviet republics joined the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in 2004, and Ukraine and Georgia are seeking ...
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Obama Aims to Overcome G-20 Discord on Economic Plan
Bloomberg - USA
Obama also this week will attend a meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization that marks the 60th anniversary of the alliance. ...
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Lisbon’s Ways Through Karlsruhe
Journal of Turkish Weekly - Ankara,Turkey
But Federal President Horst Kohler is still hesitant to sign the treaty and therewith to give Germany a place in the row of ratified-stamped EU member ...
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Grahnlaw: EU: Enlargement fatigue?
By Grahnlaw
In my opinion, the main fault of the French and German governments is not that they put a brake on EU expansion, but that they do not envision reform beyond the limited Lisbon Treaty. Ralf Grahn. Posted by Grahnlaw at 10:00 ...
Grahnlaw - http://grahnlaw.blogspot.com/
EU competence creep, the spectre of the superstate, and how ...
By nosemonkey
After all, both the existing Article 308 and the proposed new Article 352 explicitly state that both the Council and the Parliament have to approve any new EU power-grab - and treaty law will always take precedence in such cases. ... Unlike in the British system, where bad laws like the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill can easily slip through parliament if the government has a sufficient majority and MPs are sufficiently cowed, the EU has 27 additional chances of ...
Nosemonkey's EUtopia - http://www.jcm.org.uk/blog/
Anthony Painter: The farce of EU representation at the G20 summit
By Anthony Painter
This ridiculous situation underlines exactly why the EU must reform. And guess what? There is a reform document ready and waiting. It is called Lisbon Treaty. It contains a provision for a President of the European Council to be elected ...
Anthony Painter - http://e8voice.blogspot.com/
The black box that tracks every mile you drive and will make speed ...
By Mr Cognisant
The £36million EU project is partly funded by the UK Government and backed by car makers and the telecoms industry. It will be unveiled later this year with a view to its integration into future cars. .... ethnic thugs, ethnic vote, ethnicity, EU, EU directives, Europan Union, Europe, European Economic Area, European Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism, European Parliament elections, European Union reform treaty, European Union. stupidity, evolution ...
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Kirwans News - The ‘Carbon Crunch’ set to hit the Property sector
By admin
The two main areas of legislation that stand out as having the most impact on the current property market are building regulations and planning. Both incorporate a number of EU directives and regulations on energy consumption in ...
Kirwans News - http://www.kirwanssolicitors.co.uk/news/news/
Soccer stars must learn Welsh to play
The Workers Language Integration directive was rubber stamped in Brussels in October, and comes into force this month. The EU regulations are designed to prevent languages being lost given that the borders between member countries are ...
This Is South Wales channel feed - http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/news/rss.html
United States of Europe: Open Europe press summary: 1 April 2009
By David Ben-Ariel
On Monday, Open Europe held a debate in Brussels looking at the issue of EU regulation, drawing on the themes of its recent publication "Out of control? Measuring a decade of EU regulation". The report found that since the European ... The European Parliament's Industry Committee has voted to amend the 2002 Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, stating that, by 31 December 2018 at the latest, EU member states must ensure that all newly-constructed buildings produce ...
United States of Europe - http://europeunitedstates.blogspot.com/
The case for blog regulation | And another thing...
By Tom Harris
This is all an attempt to distract attention from EU Directive AQW123/456 which will require blogs to be published simultaneously in every EU language except Welsh. Another feeble attempt by Westminster to look important. ...
And another thing... - http://www.tomharris.org.uk/

Financial regulation: The eu's agenda
EurActiv - Brussels,Belgium
The European Union is currently in the process of approving measures to tighten regulation of financial markets, banks and insurance companies. ...
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New York Times
Green Inc. Column Light Bulbs Poised for a Big Change
New York Times - United States
By TOM ZELLER Jr. The European Union formally adopted new regulations on household, commercial and public lighting earlier this month. The directive ...
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Global Trends in Consumer Product Safety Reform
Linex Legal - London,UK
Products covered by specific directives in the EU are also subject to a range of specific, relatively clear standards. The GPSD generally requires all ...
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UK 'will retain' health funding
The Press Association
A European Parliament committee approved EU plans guaranteeing that the cost of treatment elsewhere in the EU is reimbursed to the level of medical help ...
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Gibraltar suddenly calls itself 'onshore' to escape the G20 tax axe
Panorama - Gibraltar,UK
... centres are likely to be under strict surveillance, but Gibraltar will argue that it is part of the EU and hence applies EU directives and regulations. ...
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Author: Peter Valert and Radoslava Kotrasova
Legal Week - London,UK
Another important matter is the revision of the two existing EU directives on capital requirements. The new regulation will improve the stability of the ...
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