Showing posts with label veto. Show all posts
Showing posts with label veto. Show all posts
Monday, July 28, 2014

It's raining men in Brussels: Juncker Commission at risk of humiliating veto by MEPs over lack of gender balance

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We are now at the halfway point in terms of nominating the next Commission with 14 out of 28 member states having publicly announced their c...
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Thursday, March 14, 2013

Lib Dem MEPs vote in favour of triggering the UK's referendum lock?

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So MEPs yesterday voted for a resolution to reject the recent deal struck by member states on the EU's long-term budget "in its cu...
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Thursday, January 31, 2013

The EU budget veto threat festival kicks off again

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Remember our EU budget 'veto team' ? Well, the next European Council summit - entirely devoted to negotiations over the 2014-2020 ...
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Thursday, November 22, 2012

Meet the EU budget 'veto team'

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This EU budget stuff can come across as pretty dull and confusing. To lighten things up a bit, we will turn to the universal language of ...
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Monday, November 19, 2012

The long queue of potential 'EU budget vetoes': Who will join next?

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Update 21 November, 16:15 Portugal has stepped up its rhetoric by a notch, and has now joined the group of countries that have explicitly ...
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Cameron’s EU budget veto is a powerful tool for change

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Over on the Telegraph blog, we argue : Labour has joined the battle over the EU’s next long-term budget. The budget, to run between 201...
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Monday, October 08, 2012

How to make Cameron's EU veto threat actually count

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On the Telegraph blog, we argue , Europe has just sailed up the agenda at the Tory party conference, with Theresa May suggesting curbs o...
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Friday, August 03, 2012

Cameron needs credibility on Europe – here are two things he can do immediately to get it

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Over on Conservative Home , we argue ,  The Coalition has already done some good work on the EU, the ‘referendum lock’ and the recently l...
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Cameron should veto the EU budget unless he gets a better deal

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On the Telegraph blog, we argue : At a meeting of Europe ministers today, the UK government is set to be outvoted on the size of the EU’...
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Friday, June 15, 2012

A eurozone banking union will fundamentally change the rules of the game for Britain in Europe: Is Cameron ready to pull another veto?

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Over on the Telegraph blog, we argue: Talk of a banking union for the eurozone has become fashionable . Many, including the British gove...
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Wednesday, June 06, 2012

Reforming the EU budget: could the reform-minded states ask for a better opportunity?

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Today we published our long anticipated report breaking down the EU budget line by line and putting together our alternative that would...
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Friday, May 18, 2012

What do a British Conservative PM and a French Socialist President have in common?

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Over on the Telegraph blog, we note : David Cameron will have his first face-to-face meeting with newly elected French President Francois...
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Friday, March 09, 2012

Will Poland become the new North Korea of Europe?

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This question can of course be filed under John Rentoul ’s ‘Questions to which the answer is No’ category, but there is a significant chanc...
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Monday, January 30, 2012

Fifth time lucky?

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Thanks to La Stampa Brussels correspondent Marco Zatterin's blog , we've just got hold of the fifth (maybe last) draft of the new ...
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Friday, January 06, 2012

The Draft Euro Fiscal Pact: Pretty Bad News for Cameron...

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As negotiations on the new European fiscal pact resume today, we have managed to get hold of a copy of the new draft prepared by European Co...
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Friday, December 23, 2011

Business support for Cameron's EU veto loud and clear

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Much was said about business' opinion of Cameron's EU veto in the immediate aftermath of this month's summit but, now that the ...
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Saturday, December 10, 2011

Ten myths about Cameron’s EU veto

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Over on the Spectator's Coffee House blog , we set out ten myths about Cameron's veto . This is the post: The EU veto that Cameron p...
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