Friday 8 January 2010

eu reform treaty

New Treaty for EU, but Same Jostling for Power
New York Times
Starting the first, slimmed-down, rotating EU presidency under Lisbon Treaty rules, the Spanish prime minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, outlined how ...
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Madrid spells out limited but “decisive” CAP reform priorities
Europolitics.info
By Luc Vernet | Thursday 07 January 2010 Over the next six months, the Spanish Presidency of the EU intends to devote considerable attention to the reform ...
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Croatia: EC Enlargement
DeHavilland (press release) (subscription)
Mr. Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent progress has been made on accession negotiations between the EU ...
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Lords debate Sudan
DeHavilland (press release) (subscription)
The objective of an arms trade treaty is highly relevant in this context. There is also an urgent need for a regional strategy in dealing with the cruel ...
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Grahnlaw: Charlemagne fixing Europe?
By Grahnlaw
Great Britain, for one, has made heavy use of this structural weakness during practically every round of treaty reform. If the EU is weak, complex and opaque, some of the main reasons can be found quite near the newspaper's offices. ...
Grahnlaw - http://grahnlaw.blogspot.com/
Junius on UKIP: Senior activist resigns from UKIP
By Junius
Life after the ratification of The Lisbon Treaty has changed many things and I now believe UKIP is not only beyond reform but that reformed or otherwise it is now largely irrelevant to us being able to leave the EU. ...
Junius on UKIP - http://juniusonukip.blogspot.com/
Moving Away From 'Privileged Partnership'? - The Washington Note
By Ben Katcher
With the Lisbon Treaty in place and fears of economic meltdown receding, the EU is regaining self-confidence. You can read Pope's entire article here. Time will tell whether Pope's guarded optimism is deserved. Clearly there are a number of issues that will determine whether Turkey joins the European Union this decade - not least of which is Turkey's own domestic political reform program - but it is refreshing to see at least some positive sign, however small, ...
The Washington Note - http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/
de minimis: Ku Li: Malaysia is in need of fundamental reform
By de minimis
Confident People Do Not Get Confused - I found by chance this article the other day: *Prophet Muhammad's Promise to Christians* The document is not a modern human rights treaty but even thought ... 5 days ago ...
de minimis - http://ctchoolaw.blogspot.com/
United States of Europe: Open Europe press summary: 7 January 2010
By David Ben-Ariel
It was the same story, first time round at least, when Ireland voted on the Lisbon treaty...Grimsson is gambling that a big no vote next month will lead to a softening of the agreement". BBC: Newsnight BBC: Today programme WSJ: Gissurarson WSJ: Analysis .... Open Europe is an independent think tank campaigning for radical reform of the EU. For information on our research, events and other activities, please visit our website: openeurope.org.uk or call us on 0207 197 2333. ...
United States of Europe - http://europeunitedstates.blogspot.com/
Spain first EU leader after Lisbon Treaty
[JURIST] Sweden's parliament on Thursday approved the European Union (EU) reform charter known as the Treaty of Lisbon by a wide margin. ...