Tuesday, 27 October 2009

Czech court delays Lisbon Treaty decision until November 3
The Czech constitutional court will deliver a ruling next week on a complaint over the European Union's Lisbon Treaty, it said yesterday.


UK fails to make top 10 prosperous nations
Britain has failed to make the world’s top 10 of successful countries because of poor education and over regulation in an international survey of wealth and happiness


David Cameron urges EU to stop Tony Blair becoming EU president
David Cameron has issued his strongest statement against Tony Blair becoming European Union president, saying the last thing Europe needs is the “all-acting” former prime minister at its head.


(This is honest, anyway!}
Bruno Le Maire, France's Agriculture Minister, declared during questioning in the French National Assembly that "The biggest support to French agriculture is the European Union. In addition, France is the main beneficiary of the CAP; it is essential to guarantee that it will continue to benefit from it since the CAP constitutes France's principal mean of getting its contribution back from the European budget."

Christina