Thursday, 21 May 2009

eu reform treaty

Why Europe's parliament deserves a vote of confidence
Financial Times - London,England,UK
If the Irish say Yes at the second Lisbon referendum in early October, very little can impede the entry into force of the reform treaty by 1 January. ...
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Republican National Committee Seeks Direction for GOP
Washington Post - United States
We need to reform and reshape these programs so that they create less of an economic burden over time. That requires a lot of heavy lifting. ...
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Biden in the Balkans: US asserts interests in shattered region
World Socialist Web Site - Oak Park,MI,USA
Biden's visit follows an outburst by Deputy Assistant to the US Secretary of State for European Affairs Stuart Jones directed at the European Union (EU) ...
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China urges rich nations to cut emissions by 40 percent
Reuters UK - UK
The demands were part of a document spelling out Beijing's stance in negotiations aiming to seal a new climate change treaty that nations hope in Copenhagen ...
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Vaclav Klaus: The Man with the EU's Fate in His Hands
TIME - USA
The Czech Republic is one of four EU countries — out of 27 — that are yet to finish ratifying a treaty that would allow the enlarged bloc to reform its ...
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China: Developed Countries Must Cut Emissions by 40%
Wall Street Journal - USA
The document also made a veiled reference to the US, which has not ratified the Kyoto Protocol, saying wealthy nations that have not ratified the treaty ...
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Malta's Experience of EU Membership
Malta Business Weekly - valletta,Malta
The first steps in the reform process were taken in the mid-1990s. These included the liberalisation of the financial system and of the import tariff regime ...
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Vaclav Klaus: The Man with the E.U.'s Fate in His Hands ...
By Tom
The Czech Republic is one of four E.U. countries - out of 27 - that are yet to finish ratifying a treaty that would allow the enlarged bloc to reform its institutions. The goal of the Lisbon Treaty, which the E.U. has been working on ...
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Klaus to chair EU summits with Russia, South Korea | Prague Monitor
In the European Union Klaus is mainly perceived as a sharp opponent of the Lisbon treaty to reform the EU institutions. On the contrary, Moscow does not conceal it is pleased by the fact that exactly Klaus will represent the EU ...
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EUROPE: EU Looks East, Again | Global Geopolitics News and Analysis
By editors
Enlargement advocates are aware that previous enlargements have left the EU facing crucial questions of institutional reform, to which one must add the difficulties posed by the present global financial crisis. ... over what it perceives as a geopolitical act moved by some of the EU's most Russophobe member states, although its reaction has been far from hostile compared to its vociferous opposition to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) expansion eastwards. ...
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The Oil Drum: Europe | EuroElections 2009 : PES
By Luis de Sousa
The entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, subject to ratification by all EU Member States, would make Europe better able to tackle common challenges democratically, transparently and effectively. .... PES proposes the EU to lead a negotiation process to reform Kyoto in order to effectively guarantee a world-wide adherence to similar policies. As for Energy, this scheme is proposed to funnel resources into renewable energies and efficiency R&D. At the end is the proposal ...
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Put your questions to Theresa May | Coffee House
By Peter Hoskin
However if Lisbon is ratified and the Conservatives don't hold a post ratification referendum, how do you see the future referendum bill working bearing in mind that the Lisbon Treaty allows self amending by the EU and thus there will be ... Will the next conservative government radicaly reform the welfare state in conjunction with tax reform to simplify both and make both systems fairer. Those that can afford to go without child tax credits and who can afford to pay the ...
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