Image via Wikipedia Michael Heaver is reporting that 11 members of the European Conservatives and Reformists, those MEPs of the Polish Law and Justice, are set to leave the ECR and join the Europe of Freedom and Democracy grouping in the Parliament. This casts the survival of the the grouping into doubt as for a group to exist it must have 25 MEPs from across seven member states to be a grouping. If the Polish MEPs leave that would...
Image via Wikipedia Estonia is set to join the Eurozone on the 1st of January 2011 according to the Irish Times. Estonia was given the all clear by the European Commission. Estonia will be the fifth of the 2004 intake to join the common currency following Slovenia in 2007, Malta and Cyprus in 2008 and Slovakia in 2009. Plans by Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic are still not on track, so they will not be joining the currency...
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Image via Wikipedia So we have a few more acts chosen for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo. FYR Macedonia have chosen Gjoko Taneski ft Billy Zver & Pejcin with “Jas Ja Imam Silata”. I am not sure what to make of this song. It sounds like a bit of a rock ballad to me, until the rap bit. As I hate rap, this song doesn’t impress me Malta have gone with Thea Garrett who will sing “My...
Image via WikipediaOn January 1st the Slovak koruna will join the French Franc, the German Deutschmark and the Irish Punt in the history of Currencies as Slovakia will officially join the eurozone and begin to use the notes and coins as of January 1st. The fixed exchange rate is €1 = 30.1260SKK. With Slovakia joining it will increase the Eurozone to 16 members of the EU. The number of people using the euro will increase by over 5 million....
Latvia and Lithuania are the latest countries to ratify the treaty. While the Czech Republic has joined Germany in waiting for the courts to decided before they can offically sign off on the treaty. Austria – Parliamentary Vote. Approved : 24/04/2008 Belgium – Parliamentary Vote. In Progress. Has passed the Senate (6th March) and the Chamber of Representatives (10th April). The treaty still has to pass the Brussels Regional Parliament, Flemish Parliament, Walloon Parliament, French Community Parliament and the...
Okay i got a resonse from Mary Lou McDonald yesterday on this. Stephen, a chara Thank you for your email of June 19 2006, concerning the question of gay rights in Latvia. I put down a formal written question to the Commission in response to your representations and I am now forwarding both question and answer for your attention.You will have noticed from the delay in responding to you, that the Commission moves very slowly. I would be pleased...
Remember all my post’s about writing to MEP’s on Latvia? Well ILGA Europe have put together a brilliant page here . facts, statements, images, personal stories, accounts of the court cases against the anti-gay hooligans and more. The page has been continually updated. Thanks to Click Here on angypotato.net.
I recieved this last week Stephen Sorry for the delay. I can ask one of the Latvian MEPs about this. However though everyone must follow eU non discrimination legislation. The wording of a constitution is still up to the people of a country. I would also like to see a specific antidiscrimination clause against discrimination or any violence against any human person regardless of any characteristic including age (conception to natural death) ability (regardless of extent of disability before...
Recieved another letter from Pronsias De Rossa’s (Lab) Office with a letter in french to the commission. Thank to a friend in France (Steven O’Riordan – Thanks hun) I have translated copy here for you! The European Parliament debated in your presence Wednesday June 14 of the increasing violence against homosexuals in Europe and adopted Thursday June 15 a resolution denouncing the new wave of this type of violence. I am shocked to learn that to date the Latvian...
Lawmakers in Latvia have defied the European Union and refused to introduce a law banning discrimination at work on sexual orientation grounds. Agreeing to introduce the law on employment discrimination was a condition for Latvia’s accession to the European Union in 2004. But MPs refused to implement it in full after a parliamentary debate where homosexuality was described as a sin. Latvia recently made constitutional changes to prevent same-sex marriages. ‘Degenerate’ slur Latvian politicians voted not to include specific...
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