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Eurealist :: The Guardians: “The Guardians
by Eurealist at 12:05PM (BST) on April 26, 2005 | Permanent Link | Cosmos
In the Guardian today we read that the country came close to a constitutional crisis, with some senior judges tempted to defy the will of parliament, when the government proposed an “ouster clause” [...]

Eurealist :: Sending out the Bill to the EU Elites: “Sending out the Bill to the EU Elites
by Eurealist at 12:34PM (BST) on April 26, 2005 | Permanent Link | Cosmos
The elites are getting ‘the bill for the non-involvement of its citizens and the autism of its governments.’ And they do [...]

Eurealist :: Democracy will hinder the EU
The International Herald Tribune carried two articles on Saturday, the first written by Christine Ockrent
blaming the French politicians, right and left, for the rise in the no campaign standing in the polls.
“It was almost pathetic to watch President Jacques Chirac, the other evening, trying to convince 80 young French [...]

Eurealist :: EU Constitution is of great significance to the future of European Monarchies: “EU Constitution is of great significance to the future of European Monarchies
by Eurealist at 07:09AM (BST) on April 17, 2005 | Permanent Link | Cosmos
From England Expects
According to former MEP, professor and senior member of the Constitutional [...]

Eurealist :: Jean Monnet that elusive Quote: “Jean Monnet that elusive Quote
by Eurealist at 10:04AM (BST) on April 22, 2005 | Permanent Link | Cosmos
I have received an interesting exchange of e-mails about the following quote attributed to Jean Monnet,
‘Europe’s nations should be guided towards the super-state without their people understanding [...]

Eurealist :: Anything to declare, Mr Barroso?: “Anything to declare, Mr Barroso?
by Eurealist at 07:40AM (BST) on April 24, 2005 | Permanent Link | Cosmos
Telegraph | News | Christopher Booker’s notebook When it emerged last week that two EU commissioners, Peter Mandelson and José Manuel Barroso, the Commission’s Portuguese president, hadn’t [...]

Eurealist :: Electioneering for power at a local council: “Electioneering for power at a local council
by Eurealist at 09:09AM (BST) on April 25, 2005 | Permanent Link | Cosmos
I have been away for part of the week and then to busy to post much, as I have been relying on the [...]

Eurealist :: Why are the Conservatives so reluctant to play to their strengths: “Why are the Conservatives so reluctant to play to their strengths
by Eurealist at 07:50AM (BST) on April 25, 2005 | Permanent Link | Cosmos
William Rees-Mogg asks in the Times “Why this baffling silence?”
NEXT MONTH there will be historic [...]

Eurealist :: Main Page:
“I fear that the drive to introduce ID cards has more to do with authoritarianism than with the prevention of terrorism. It follows inroads into the right to trial by jury; the attack on habeas corpus; the imposition of control orders and house arrest without reasons being given, and we now understand [...]

Eurealist :: Main Page: “The Elites Stare into the Abyss
by Eurealist on April 14, 2005 12:00PM (BST)
Member states would salvage what they could from the constitution - including the idea of an EU foreign minister and president - and try to push through a separate treaty when the dust has settled.”

Eurealist :: Main Page: “Bring on the Champagne!
by Eurealist on April 14, 2005 03:21PM (BST)
No national parliament would behave like this - not because MPs are more virtuous than MEPs, but because they know they couldn’t get away with it. In Brussels, however, there is no public scrutiny to speak of. Turnout has fallen at [...]

Eurealist :: Main Page: “EU Constitution is of great significance to the future of European Monarchies
by Eurealist on April 17, 2005 07:09AM (BST)
the Constition has great significance in relation to the constitutional position of monarchs as heads of State Duhamel pointed out that the EU is not only formally a republic, but there is supposed [...]

Eurealist :: Main Page: “The worst possible Eusceptic scenario
by Eurealist on April 17, 2005 06:41AM (BST)
For the Conservatives to use the EU as a winning formula they need to continually over their period in opposition, show exactly how the Labour policies, many of them extremely unpopular, are being directed by agreements at the EU level, [...]

Eurealist :: Main Page: “‘Tyranny is efficient,’ ‘I prefer democracy.’
by Eurealist on April 16, 2005 04:59PM (BST)
Petr Mach, an economist and executive director of a think tank founded by the ODS, rejects any efficiency that reduces the Czech Republic’s voting power within EU bodies. ‘Tyranny is also efficient,’ he said. ‘I prefer democracy.”

Eurealist :: Main Page: “THE 10 COMMANDMENTS OF VACLAV KLAUS
by Eurealist on April 16, 2005 04:57PM (BST)
The EU will become a state with all the aspects of a regular state. will reduce them to regions or provinces.The EU constitution will stand above the national constitutions of the member states.The term constitutional agreement is not precise [...]

Eurealist :: Main Page: “The Steady Erosion of our Rights
by Eurealist on April 16, 2005 09:52AM (BST)
New Labour is Authoritarian, and possibly the most Authoritarian government that this country has suffered under for several hundred years. However, to lesser degree, so are all the other main political parties. There is no political voice that will [...]

Eurealist :: Main Page: “Will Labour further Weaken Parliment
by Eurealist on April 16, 2005 08:37AM (BST)
Lord Strathclyde is probably right, Tony Blair and the New Labour apparatchiks have already show their total distain for parliamentary procedure, along with anything else which can stand in the way of the elected house, preferring to believe that the [...]

Eurealist :: Main Page: “Telegraph Letters
Sir, John Prescott treated us to one of his more endearing statements recently. He assured a reporter that he had not just been canvassing existing Labour supporters but real people as well.
Richard Tracey, Dinan, France”

Eurealist :: Main Page: “Germany not to raise contribution to EU budget
by Eurealist on April 15, 2005 04:25PM (BST)
Xinhua - English BERLIN, April 14 (Xinhuanet) — German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said here on Thursday his country will not raise its contribution to the European Union’s budget. Speaking to reporters after meeting European Commission President Jose [...]

Eurealist :: Main Page: “German court could block further integration.
by Eurealist on April 15, 2005 02:39PM (BST)
The concept of Primacy has never been accepted by Germany’s constitutional court making the FCO claim ridiculous, if it does not apply to Germany then it can have no relevance in other countries, more »”