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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Get with the programme

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Just noticed this piece on LabourList by Labour Parliamentary candidate for South-East Cambridgeshire John Cowan. He tries to argue that wo...
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Thursday, March 26, 2009

Louis Michel can't believe his luck

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Belgian Daily De Standaard has picked up our research which states that Belgian EU Commissioner Louis Michel is to take home about 1.1 mi...
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Because I'm worth it

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Following wide reports around Europe about the fact that the EU Commissioners will receive millions of taxpayers' cash in pensions and p...
Tuesday, March 24, 2009

It's just peanuts to some

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Open Europe published some figures over the weekend which found that EU Commissioners retiring this year can expect to walk away with pensi...

On another planet

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A pretty bizarre article in the FT today (and the EU Referendum blog ) alerts us to the EU's new propaganda campaign for the European ...
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Monday, March 23, 2009

Every woman every man, join the (EU) caravan

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Apparently, the EU is now running what it calls a "citizen caravan initiative", which basically involves an EU-themed bus doing a ...
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Thursday, March 19, 2009

More threats

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German Ambassador to Ireland, Christian Pauls, has added to the list of threats to the Irish people over ratification of the Lisbon Treaty. ...
Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Too late?

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The Parliament reports that negotiations in Brussels on the opt-out from the EU's 48 hour working week have reached an impasse, with n...
Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Government reveals £77m yearly admin cost of farm payments

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Hat tip to Wyn Grant for this from his Common Agricultural Policy blog. Just when we thought the Single Farm Payment couldn't get any m...

The time is now

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Today is the day that formal talks begin (and possibly finish) on the opt-out from the EU's 48 working week. On the Guardian 's CiF ...

Democracy for Breakfast

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Tomorrow morning, the European Commission will plan how to 'persuade' the Irish people to vote yes to the Lisbon Treaty in a second ...
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Monday, March 16, 2009

Time's up?

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Crucial negotiations will begin in Brussels tomorrow to try to find a compromise over the EU's controversial Working Time Directive. You...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Is the EU 'Fit for Purpose'?

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Open Europe was in attendance at a debate on Monday night entitled "An EU 'Fit for Purpose' in the Global age", where the ...
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Guarding against democracy

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In response to arrival of Czech President Vaclav Klaus at the EU helm the Guardian has unsurprisingly jumped onto the "we-need-a-perma...
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Potato-go-round

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Greek potato farmers have launched an advertisement campaign in Sweden aimed at luring Swedes into buying more Greek potatoes - which is ex...
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Monday, March 09, 2009

Surrender for survival

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There's an excellent piece in the Sunday Telegraph by Labour MP Gisela Stuart, explaining very clearly why the EU in its current structu...
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Friday, March 06, 2009

First the Working Time rules, now this...

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From PA: NEW EU DIRECTIVE 'WILL FORCE RISE IN HOSPITAL RUNNING COSTS' European plans to tighten controls on industrial pollution cou...

National parliaments & the Lisbon Treaty: the myth

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BBC Online is running a series of 'Viewpoints' on EU issues. This week it looks at the Lisbon Treaty, with arguments from us here at...
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Wednesday, March 04, 2009

EU communication policy changes tactic

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Just noticed this very amusing post on Mark Mardell's blog about a new project proposed in the European Parliament. He says he didn...

Isn't it lovely

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Alex James, Blur basist-turned-columnist today kindly shares with us in his 'Rural Notebook' column in the Independent the news tha...
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Monday, March 02, 2009

Don't want Tony? Tough

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According to the Evening Standard's 'Commons Whispers' Number 10 has rejected an application for an e-petition which called on G...
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When a real crisis hits...

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People who thought that the EU went through a crisis this summer when the Irish rejected the Lisbon Treaty must have experienced some seriou...
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EU moves into centre stage

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Just taking a look at last week's YouGov poll , which showed that people believe reducing immigration, closely followed by reducing the ...
Thursday, February 26, 2009

Distracted

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Good to see our rulers in Brussels have their eyes firmly on the job in hand. According to the Parliament.com , EU Budget Commissioner Dalia...
Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Watching the Irish 'guarantees'

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The Irish Times reported yesterday that Irish Foreign Minister Micheal Martin has confirmed that the Irish government is not planning a Da...
Friday, February 20, 2009

Not all Germans desire a Union of Debt

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German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck has indicated that Germany is prepared to bail out suffering eurozone countries. This appears to si...
Thursday, February 19, 2009

All over the place

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The European Parliament has today voted to back this report from German MEP Karl von Wogau, which the Telegraph has described as a "b...

"Recipe for chaos"

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Over on his Telegraph blog Bruno Waterfield brings us news of the furore caused by Czech President Vaclav Klaus' speech to the Europea...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Platini Vs Parliament

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In an "impassioned speech" to the European Parliament, Uefa President Michel Platini has restated his belief that football is a ...
Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Referendum EU-style in Venezuela

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It seems like the EU is not only the world's greatest exporter of regulations , but also exports its democratic practices accross the gl...
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