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UK equality laws 'fall short of EU requirements', says Commission Register "This directive was agreed unanimously by all EU countries in 2002, but to be effective it needs to be fully and correctly transposed into national law," ... See all stories on this topic

Airline failures push EU to consider extending passenger cover Flightglobal Such "dynamic" package arrangements, says the Commission, frequently do not fall within the European Union's protection laws, but a majority of travellers ... See all stories on this topic

Open Europe : persoverzicht Politics Jean-Paul Gauzes - the rapporteur in the European Parliament for the eu's proposed AIFM Directive - has written a letter to Members of the European ... See all stories on this topic

LGA warns of fines 'bombshell' under EU billing rules LocalGov Separate LGA documents also warn Whitehall's implementation of the EU agency workers Directive – referenced in last week's Queen's Speech – could increase ... See all stories on this topic

Kroes may replace Reding, as Europe's new telecoms regime becomes law Rethink Wireless The EU telecom reform package consists of five separate directives - the FrameworkDirective, the Access Directive, the Authorization Directive, ... See all stories on this topic

UK "Fully Entitled" to Ignore EU Request to Quash Religious Protections: Legal ... Lifesite ... a coalition of Christian groups, that said the eu's directive on discrimination had been correctly implemented in the British Employment Regulations. ... See all stories on this topic

What a waste European Voice The European directive on recycling electronic waste was a landmark for EUenvironmental law, but remains little loved in member states. ... See all stories on this topic

EU passes new telco laws | Telecoms Europe By fmmonteverde  Consumers put at the heart of regulation. ... The telecoms directive also includes rules to harmonize radio spectrum management across the EU, especially in regard to the switchover from analogue to digital TV by 2012. ... Telecom News on 4G, Wimax, Carrier... - http://www.telecomseurope.net/terss

British courts and the British government cannot be forced to ... By webmaster  ... 2004 ruling by the British High Court, in a case between a number of British unions and a coalition of Christian groups, that said the EU's directive on discrimination had been correctly implemented in the British Employment Regulations . ... Addison confirmed, however, what many pro-life advocates had warned about the effect of ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, that no matter what laws are passed by individual member states of the EU, or what their own courts decide, ... eChurchWebsites Christian Blog... - http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/

Britannia Radio By Britannia Radio  Last week (20 November), EU member states adopted new rules on the marketing and safety of cosmetics by grouping the existing 55 directives into a single regulation (pdf download). One of the key elements of the new streamlined laws is ... Britannia Radio - http://britanniaradio.blogspot.com/

Greece's Unwelcoming Shores | Mostly Water By blackandred  Greece's treatment of migrants and refugees, including these children, violates bindingEuropean Union directives for asylum seekers. Despite the shocked reactions in Brussels when we described what we had found, our call to the European ... In late 2008, in a meeting with EU member state delegations, we urged them to stop sending migrants and asylum seekers back to Greece under the so-called Dublin II regulations, because of the ill-treatment, detention and unfair asylum ... Mostly Water - "Canadian" and... - http://mostlywater.org/

EU President wants to finance the Europe with CO2 taxes. | Zooot ... By Constantine  The following year it published plans for an EU-wide "carbon tax". Ever since, saving the planet has risen steadily higher on the EU's agenda, as the perfect idealistic cause to justify more new laws – from the landfill directive that ... Zooot Europe - http://www.zooot.eu/

Daily Star - Lebanon Backroom presidential 'polls' underline European Union's democratic deficit Daily Star - Lebanon The Lisbon Reform Treaty, which becomes effective on December 1, needs to be decoded to better understand the depth of the eu's democratic deficit. ... See all stories on this topic

EU set to miss deadline for budget overhaul plan Reuters UK ... has been postponed several times because of concerns the fierce debate around it could get in the way of ratification of the EU's Lisbon reform treaty. ... See all stories on this topic

Balanced choices from an imbalanced European Union European Voice He said that now that the Lisbon treaty was ratified, the subject of EU institutional reform was “closed for a long time”. ... See all stories on this topic

EU Telecoms Package Finally Approved - News - eWeekEurope.co.uk “The EU telecoms reform will bring more competition on Europe's telecoms markets, better and cheaper fixed, mobile and internet services and faster internet connections for all Europeans. ... Threats to internet freedom still loom, with the intense lobbying of the entertainment industries to push the ACTA treaty, which endangers net neutrality and seeks to impose the liability of the technical intermediaries," said Jérémie Zimmemrmann, co-founder of the citizen advocacy ... eWeekEurope.co.uk - http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/

EUROPA - Press Releases - Olli Rehn EU Commissioner for ... The EU will take a long-awaited step forward next week when the Lisbon Treaty enters into force. This will start a new era in the EU's foreign policy. Indirectly, it will also cement the EU's renewed consensus on enlargement, based on the 3 Cs of consolidation, ... Zagreb now needs to intensify its reform efforts, especially in the judiciary and the fight against corruption and organised crime so negotiations can be concluded. ICTY cooperation remains a must. ... TODAY PRESS RELEASES - http://europa.eu/rapid/syndication/QuickRSSAction.do?id=64&lang=EN

Morning Brief (26-11) « Global Europe By Ulrich Speck “Impending decisions about military strategies, troop levels and state-building concepts may mean little if we do not cauterise the damage these fraudulent elections inflicted on Afghanistan. Only thorough reform can do that”. ... Initially , Solana carved out for himself a position that was far more powerful than foreseen in the EU's Treaty of Amsterdam. Putting to use the skills – and the contacts – acquired in long years as a cabinet minister in Spain and then as NATO's ... Global Europe - http://www.globeurope.com/blog/

Investors.com - Hiding Health Reform's Real Costs Climate Change: Major U.S. corporations have set up a Web site calling for a global climate treaty to be signed in Copenhagen. Considering recent evidence of massive climate fraud, perhaps they should reconsider. ... Investors.com - http://www.investors.com/

Open Europe - independent think tank calling for radical reform of ... Writing in the FT, Max Hastings argues that despite David Cameron's “considerable courage in his response to the EU Lisbon Treaty ratification,” Europe will become “a serious issue for a future Cameron government. ... Open Europe Daily Press Summary - http://www.openeurope.org.uk/