tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post3916743762479522061..comments2024-01-16T08:40:53.682+00:00Comments on <a href="http://www.openeurope.org.uk">Open Europe</a>: After the row: is Germany bringing the flowers and chocolate? OEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00556463374230498875noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-1609066246982277802014-07-01T13:20:25.842+01:002014-07-01T13:20:25.842+01:00Germany can keep the chocolates and the flowers as...Germany can keep the chocolates and the flowers as this "union" is heading for divorce. We ill keep our GBP20Bn p.a.<br /><br />Having seen how EU deals are made - God help us all.<br /><br />One minute you agree things and the next minute all and sundry have changed their minds and not told you. This sounds like FIFA.<br /><br />What a great "union" of friends! These types of friends are better kept at arm's length - and cannot be trusted to have any say over us.<br /><br />SCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-61188640582228739912014-06-30T16:49:51.374+01:002014-06-30T16:49:51.374+01:00Poroshenko is expected to initiate reforms of the ...Poroshenko is expected to initiate reforms of the institutions and laws of Ukraine.<br /><br />Juncker is expected to initiate reforms of the institutions and treaties of the EU.<br /><br />Who is more likely to succeed?<br /><br />Germany was roped into doing the dirty work of the EP. Both in getting the EP candidate selected and in dealing with the aftermath. Can the EP envision an EU without UK?Jespernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-39708864188061589202014-06-30T16:37:35.977+01:002014-06-30T16:37:35.977+01:00As Cameron has stated this fundamental principle w...As Cameron has stated this fundamental principle which he believes is worth fighting for:<br /><br />"... it is for the European Council – the elected heads of national governments – to propose the president of the European Commission, not to let the European Parliament dictate that choice to them."<br /><br />I presume that he will now be pressing for an EU treaty change to reverse what happened at Maastricht with Major's blessing and deprive the EU Parliament of the power of veto, without which MEPs would certainly never have been able to "dictate" to the European Council.Denis Coopernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-58622725553959596932014-06-30T16:26:32.838+01:002014-06-30T16:26:32.838+01:00"it's all still to play for when it comes..."it's all still to play for when it comes to EU reform."<br /><br />I suspect you'll still be saying that long after the match is over.<br />Denis Coopernoreply@blogger.com