Wednesday, 15 July 2009

eu reform treaty

EU Assembly elects ex-Polish PM as president
The Associated Press
If Irish voters ratify a long-delayed EU reform treaty in an Oct. 2 referendum, the parliament will gain significant legislative powers. ...
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US House Health Bill Puts 5.4% Surtax On Millionaires
Wall Street Journal - USA
It would codify the economic-substance doctrine - targeting transactions that have no business purpose other than to avoid taxes - and limit tax treaty ...
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Top Pentagon weapons buyer to Congress: Justify not cutting programs
Boston Globe - United States
We are negotiating a new arms control treaty. Even such things as energy, which has just been put into this office. The good news is I have a hierarchy that ...
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Lisbon Yes will make EU fit for global challenges
Irish Times - Dublin,Ireland
My support for the Lisbon Treaty does not mean I will stop pushing for the continued reform of the Union in crucially important areas. ...
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Javno.hr
Merkel Fails To Reach Lisbon Treaty Deal With CSU
Javno.hr - Zagreb,Croatia
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her conservative Bavarian allies failed to resolve their differences over the European Union's Lisbon reform treaty at a ...
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Ex-Polish PM elected as European Parliament first member from ...
By Robert Wielaard
The EU leaders signed the reform treaty in 2007. Ireland is the last to ratify. Buzek said it must be implemented if the EU is to adequately represent Europe's aspirations on issues ranging from environmental protection to job creation ...
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Britannia Radio
By Britannia Radio
INTERVIEW-EU carbon reform proposals no threat to China-official. Reuters - USA The sectoral approach to the CDM is part of the EU's negotiating text in talks for a broader global climate treaty, which the United Nations hopes to seal . ...
Britannia Radio - http://britanniaradio.blogspot.com/
They're Joking. Aren't They?: Tory genius 3: special takeaway edition
By North Northwester
For the first time, the European Parliament has a group which shares our credo – and a genuine commitment to reform. In the early days of the group, we should now be asking the following questions: How do we reform the EU to bring about smaller government and more powerful citizens? Who knows? ... How has 'subsidiarity' ever returned delegated powers back to 'sovereign' nations without larger powers being internationalized up to the EU by treaty or just plain cheating? ...
They're Joking. Aren't They? - http://theyrejokingarentthey.blogspot.com/
News Rage UK: Mind welcomes radical reform of social care
By graeme@newsrage.co.uk (Graeme Syed)
Ninety Five Percent of EU States Against the Lisbon Treaty. - In an astonishing admission Charlie McCreevy finally admits what we all knew. Few citizens of the EU want the Lisbon Treaty. McCreevy admits 95% of EU stat... 2 days ago ...
News Rage UK - http://daggnabbitnews.blogspot.com/
European Tribune - Community, Politics & Progress.
By European Tribune
AFP - The freshly-elected European parliament meets Tuesday for its first plenary session, keen to test the new political muscle it will develop once the EU's new reform package enters force. In a short session, starting in earnest .... EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Germany's debate on how much national say there should be over further EU integration is intensifying two weeks after the country's constitutional court handed down a significant judgement on the EU's Lisbon Treaty. ...
European Tribune - http://www.eurotrib.com/
EU Assembly elects exPolish PM as president wtopcom
If Irish voters ratify a longdelayed EU reform treaty in an Oct 2 referendum the parliament will gain significant legislative powers ...

Reuters
EU biodiesel output up 35 percent, capacity growing
Reuters - USA
... of the Renewable Energy Directive have added to market uncertainty," it said. In an interview with Reuters late May, the EU's largest biodiesel maker, ...
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Downright Dirty!
RT - Moscow,Russia
The EU's directive – promoting the recycling of potentially hazardous electronic equipment – was introduced in 2003 and, despite the regulations, ...
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EU regulator misses carbon cut-off date
Flightglobal - UK
Until this list is formally published, we are legally unable to lay the first-stage regulations transposing the Aviation EU ETS Directive. ...
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European Tribune - Community, Politics & Progress.
By European Tribune
There have been plenty of legal challenges regarding the legality of the default retirement age under EU law but so far these challenges have not been successful in forcing a reversal of this section of the regulations. ... Europe's highest court, the European Court of Justice, ruled that European Union countries can force people to retire at 65 to make room for younger workers, without violating a European Union directive barring age discrimination. ...
European Tribune - http://www.eurotrib.com/