Image via Wikipedia As well as the appointments made by the European Council last night (more on that later), another recent appointment has come to my knowledge. Dick Roche, the current Minister for Europe, has been made a Vice-President of the European Liberal Democratic and Reform Party (ELDR) . From what I am hearing, a lot of people are not happy about this. Pat Cox, the former President of the ELDR is not a happy man from what I hear,...
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So a thread over on Machine Nation got me thinking ahead to next June’s European Elections. Some parties, including the Greens, Labour and Sinn Fein have selected their candidates. FF are a foregone conclusion with FG the only major party left to select. Of course Kathy Sinnott will run again. Libertas who say it is “substantially correct” that they have registered as a European Political Party. So who is running (in no particular order):Labour (Party of European Socialists) are...
I found this via a group on facebook that I have gotten involved in. The group is “Voter Registration Campaign for European Elections 2009” and I obviously being of a political disposition and Pro-EU in my own way support it. The group was created by Michael Bourguignon a dutch writer on www.eurosduvillage.com. He has suggested three ways of engaging Europeans with the elections that will take place in 2009 in an article on that website entitled “The Individual’s Responsibility...
Germany is the latest country to approve the Treaty. Ratification is till a bit away due to a court challenge. 14 countries have approved the treaty and of them 5 countries have fully ratified the treaty. Still a bit to go, but we are pass the halfway mark. Will Ireland bring it to a halt? or will it be the courts in Germany and the Czech Republic? Austria – Parliamentary Vote. Approved : 24/04/2008 Belgium – Parliamentary Vote. In...
Well I saw this over on the Debate Europe Forum and had to have a look at it. From reading the website the party’s aim is to help turn the EU from a bureaucratic top-down project into a democratically managed political entity. Today, we are facing a profound political crisis and a lack of political leadership in the EU which risks undermining the success of integration. We think that fresh ideas and necessary changes this time will not come...
John over at Semper Idem has an interesting post about the pitfalls that face the Treaty of Lisbon in the 22 countries left to ratify the Treaty where it may be used as a political football like in Slovakia at the moment. John also has a post about the YFG Lisbon poster competition that I was going to post about but he beat me to it! So I’ll just link to him instead! A body I have left out...
Yesterday after I had done all my posting France up and ratified the treaty so hence this post to update the list Austria – Parliamentary Vote. In ProgressBelgium – Parliamentary VoteBulgaria – Parliamentary Vote. In ProgressCyprus – Parliamentary VoteCzech Republic – Parliamentary VoteDenmark – Parliamentary Vote. In ProgressEstonia – Parliamentary Vote. In ProgressFinland – Parliamentary VoteFrance – Parliamentary Vote. Approved : 08/02/2008Germany – Parliamentary Vote. In ProgressGreece – Parliamentary VoteHungary – Parliamentary Vote. Approved : 17/12/2007 Republic of Ireland...
The Treaty of Lisbon will not change the institutional set up of the EU. What it will do is try to make it run that bit smoother. Which is no mean feet! I will look at each institution in turn. European Parliament This is the only directly elected body EU. The new treaty has boosted its powers as regards lawmaking, the EU budget and approval of international agreements, as I outlined in part 2. The composition of the parliament...
Heres the current state of play for the ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon. It must be ratified by all member states by the 1st of January 2009. So far four memeber states have pass the treaty. I remember doing this for the failed constitution so thought it would be fun to do it for this. Austria – Parliamentary Vote. In ProgressBelgium – Parliamentary VoteBulgaria – Parliamentary Vote. In ProgressCyprus – Parliamentary VoteCzech Republic – Parliamentary VoteDenmark – Parliamentary...
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