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eu reform treaty Times Online Brown wants fast-track reform on MPs' expenses Times Online - UK As for electoral reform, we are owed a referendum already on the Lisbon Treaty. There's just time for that before you head for oblivion Gordon! ... See all stories on this topic Prospect of Cameron election victory sends chill through Europe Irish Times - Dublin,Ireland It would prove legally impossible to withdraw ratification after an EU treaty enters into force and Cameron would then face a choice: withdraw Britain ... See all stories on this topic Poll: Iranians Desire Democracy and Reform Talk Radio News Service - Washington,DC,USA The poll also says that 62 percent of Iranians oppose any peace treaty recognizing the State of Israel. The majority Iranians also support Muslims ... See all stories on this topic Open Europe - independent think tank calling for radical reform of ... Reporting on EU concerns about the situation in Britain , FT Deutschland quotes German Social Democrat MEP Jo Leinen as saying that the decision to call a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty would lead to the UK “having to look for another ... Open Europe Daily Press Summary - http://www.openeurope.org.uk/ Workers' party celebrates in Ireland - Guardian Weekly Ganley and his Libertas movement led a competent campaign against the Lisbon EU reform treaty last year, when Ireland voted “no”. But the Libertas founder made himself a hostage to fortune in this campaign by saying that he would only ... Guardian Weekly - http://www.guardianweekly.co.uk/ EU Referendum: So farewell then ... By Helen The idea that there could be some sort of a reform of the European Union through the Toy Parliament, no matter who is elected is laughable in its ignorance of the structure of the political entity they were haughtily explaining to others. ... What was rather shocking is how badly the party did in Ireland where the only other one to oppose the Constitutional Lisbon Treaty was Sinn Fein. Did the Irish really vote on domestic issues only or did they feel they had had enough ... EU Referendum - http://eureferendum.blogspot.com/ The Open Rights Group : Blog Archive » What do the EU results and ... By Jim Killock But the biggest shock from a digital rights perspective is the election of the Swedish Pirate Party, with one representative, or two if the Lisbon Treaty is adopted. Their membership and votes have been boosted by the Pirate Bay trial, ... While the Open Rights Group does not want patents abolished, we are very critical of how these systems work in practice: they are in urgent need of reform. The Pirate Party's positions are great openings for a genuine debate about what ... The Open Rights Group - http://www.openrightsgroup.org/ Grahnlaw: EU free movement: Tax exemptions for personal property By Grahnlaw Here is information for those who move to another EU member state. A new codified Directive has been published on tax exemptions for personal property: Council Directive 2009/55/EC of 25 May 2009 on tax exemptions applicable to the permanent introduction from a ... Regulation 2009/55 is based on Article 93 of the Treaty establishing the European Community (TEC), on harmonisation of legislation concerning turnover taxes, excise duties and other forms of indirect taxation. ... Grahnlaw - http://grahnlaw.blogspot.com/

The Financial Services Club's Blog: A SEPA end-date at last? By Chris Skinner About €100 billion of sense per annum according to the figures touted around when the Payment Services Directive was first introduced. This is why the European Commission has launched a consultation on whether and how to set a deadline ... Should they be set at national level and/or at European level? Should they be left to self-regulation or set by regulation?” Based on BCG's report - “Policymakers should stop driving payments providers into unnecessary expenditures and ... The Financial Services Club's Blog - http://thefinanser.co.uk/fsclub/ Implementation of the EU Remedies Directive in the UK IJ Online (subscription) - London,UK The UK Office of Government Commerce (OGC) recently published its second consultation document for the implementation of EU Directive 2007/66/EC - the ... See all stories on this topic The future looks rosé for French wine Agoravox - Paris,France The dispute had pitted France against a majority of the other EU members who had collectively agreed in principle in January with the Commission directive. ... See all stories on this topic OpEdNews What the heck is going wrong with The European Left? OpEdNews - Newtown,PA,USA The EU has brought nothing to the everyday lives of average citizens except for bizarre legislature (such as the infamous Cucumber Directive), ... See all stories on this topic