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The Lisbon Treaty gives the EU power in civil and criminal law, justice and policing, anyone thinking that this will have little effect should be warned that the EU is already preparing the ground for harmonisation of civil and criminal law procedures throughout the 27 member states.

The EU tells us that almost three quarters of European Union (EU) citizens believe that measures should be taken to help them gain access to civil justice in other member states and citizens would prefer these measures to be taken at the EU level through common rules.

More than 80 percent believe that the EU should assist in the enforcement of civil court rulings in one member state involving payment to be made in another member state.

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Margot Wallstrom is getting her knickers in a twist about the St Georges day splash in some of the British news papers, she mentions it on her Blog, suggesting it must be April fools day! and judging by the denials appearing from as far away as China and India the Ministers propaganda department must have been working flat out to dampen down the story.

Yes Minister we do know its old news, and yes we do know that these maps have been around for a long time, but it is silly to try to argue that this is nothing to do with the EU, yes the maps were produced by one of the cross border administrations but was working to an EU agenda and it was financed by the EU.
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