European Union and Westminster Politics
After Eastleigh if they are not running scared they are giving a very good impression, the glorious leader says they are not for lurching, but then we have John Redwood the Tories Eusceptic lightning rod suggesting a mandate referendum for a referendum, now Europhile Jesse Norman Hereford and South Herefordshire has visited Eutopia and did not [...]
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Jiang Yu has issued a statement telling the EU that it is not amused by the EU interfering in internal Chinese’s matters. In answerer to the resolution on Tibet passed by the EU Parliament which urged European Union leaders to boycott the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics unless the Chinese [...]
A comment on this blog has prompted me to argue against an EU wide referendum on the EU treaty, or anything else for that matter. The EU treaty is called a treaty because it is an international agreement made between the member states, who are exercising their sovereign power. The fact that EU treaties create [...]
On this day when the Euro enthusiast are gathering to celebrate the 50th birthday of the European Project by patting themselves on the back for a job well done, whilst in the real world the real people of the European nation states have indicated in recent polls that they are not as enthused with the [...]
Oh dear! David Cameron suddenly decides the Conservatives do “do the EU” after all. In a long batch of waffle in the Telegraph Mr Cameron assisted by the Prime Minister of the Czech republic sets out the Conservative vision for the future of the EU, a vision based on the formation of the new political [...]
The EU parliament is continuing to push its secular “religion†and for the destruction of the right to object because of religious conviction. Last weeks report in The Christian Post says that clergymen across the United Kingdom have been left highly concerned by a European Union report which has recommended that clergy not be allowed [...]
EU constitution is dead, says Dutch minister, Federalist hopes of reviving the draft European Union constitution were snuffed out yesterday when the Dutch foreign minister, Bernard Bot, said the treaty was “dead”. He swept away months of euphemisms and half-truths, as European leaders struggled to avoid being the first to declare an end to the [...]
EUSURF has just written a post about the pre-Christmas report from The EU Network of Independent Experts on Fundamental Rights, an advisory panel to the EU. In the 40 page document they challenge the right to religious freedom if it conflicts with the European Charta of Fundamental Rights; Their opinion considered the right to conscientious [...]
This Is Devon from Graham BoothWE CAN’T AFFORD SUBSIDIES FOR ALL Your columnist Kate Ironside seems to have her morals all mixed up in her recent article. If you read my speech to the EU Parliament last month its contents may straighten out her muddled thinking. It is very tempting to offer all of Europe’s [...]
Immunity From What? I read a News Release on 23rd September, “Government to end Crown Immunity from Planning Controlsâ€. The list was quite long so I will mention only that “the Crown†includes Government Departments, Her Majesty’s private estates, the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall and also part of the Palace of Westminster is Crown [...]
by Eurealist on May 12, 2005 09:58AM (BST) Now that the EU Parliament has voted to remove the British opt out from the Working Times Directive against the will of the duly elected British Parliament, perhaps we should consider if the agreement reached at Maastricht should be repealed in the British parliament. This might seem [...]
This from a new blog, to me, Democracy.me.uk The Future is a Foreign Country This week sees the EU Parliament host the “Third annual conference on federalismâ€. If you were unaware there had ever been two previous such conferences then you’re not alone … One of the ‘working papers’ issued to mark the occasion is [...]
Eurealist Files By Anne Palmer Is the Treaty ESTABLISHING A Constitution for Europe, a “Treaty†or a “Constitution� What is a Constitution? I quote from the papers by Jean-Claude Piris, who was the Legal Advisor of the Council of the European Union and was the Legal Advisor of the intergovernmental conferences, which negotiated and adopted [...]
“The EU Commission is conducting a consultation to receive input regarding the priorities of the next community action programme to promote active European citizenship.†The Commission has launched an online consultation to receive input from citizens and interested organisations for the next action programme aiming to promote active European citizenship.†“The current programme runs out [...]
The Amsterdam Treaty There is in Article 209a, a one-line statement that “such measures shall not concern the application of national criminal law and the national administration of justiceâ€. The British Foreign & Commonwealth Office, during the Amsterdam treaty debate, told British MPs that it was relying entirely on this safeguard to stop Corpus Juris. [...]
On 13th April 1999 the EU Parliament voted to “welcome” the introduction of Corpus Juris Corpus Juris was first introduced as a concept almost exatly 2 year before when it was announced at a Seminar of the Spanish European Institute. Like all EU confidence tricks the Corpus Juris was introduced as something other than its [...]
MEPs Sticking their Snouts In I note from Euobserver (side bar) that MEPs have given the go ahead for the EU Constitution, well to be honest the headline is just a tad misleading, because it was not all MEPs but a committee of these expensive wastrels. Who voted 20/ 3 in favour of the thing, [...]
The Conservative parliamentary party are raising the spectre of another change in the rules for the election of their leader. The aim of the move, also being considered by grandees on the party’s Board, is to avoid a repeat of the leadership contest in 2001. Then the, party members had the temerity to elected Ian [...]
We can expect a great deal more information/propaganda from EU backed organisations in the run up to the referendum on the Constitution, the EU Parliament have raised the amount of our money the EU is going to spend on information/propaganda from €1.5 million to €9 million. The EU parliament considers it unacceptable to only allocate [...]
Toby from Strait Banana does not seem to understand what I am saying; It is quite simple really, Toby is arguing that the EU Parliament was right to veto Buttiglione as an EU Commissioner, because of his beliefs; I offer the counter argument on two levels. 1. the EU itself disallows such discrimination when it [...]
More on the post Toby Strait Banana “This is political correctness gone mad – MEPs are trying to silence views with which they disagree.” No, they aren’t. This claim is an attempt to conflate two quite different principles in order to object to them both under the banner of ‘censorship’, but it doesn’t stand up [...]
Sacrificial lamb Toby from Strait Banana Argues that the EU parliament was right to reject Buttiglione as an EU Commissioner. Although it smacks somewhat of talking to ourselves to question other Blogs, I feel that, as this is apparently the reasons given by the EU Parliament for their decision to veto Buttiglione, and we should [...]
Also in the Telegraph Here : An opinion on the EU machinations of yesterday: “Peculiarly, MEPs chose to make a stand not over the widespread fraud and waste in Brussels, but over a man professing sentiments which may not be held by the majority, but which do echo the views of significant numbers of ordinary [...]
First part of a question for a Commissioner designate by the EU Parliament. Protection of the rights of citizens is at the heart of our democratic system based on the rule of law. The Charter of Fundamental Rights incorporated into the Constitutional Treaty and the European legal system provides citizens with additional protection, even against [...]
The Friends of Europe (is it the whole of Europe or just the EU one wonders) Have issued a 35 page report http://www.friendsofeurope.org/pdfs/Can_EU_hear_me-FINAL-A5.pdf Can EU hear me? How to get the EU’s message out According to the report itself “It takes a very original approach to the familiar problem of how the EU and its [...]
The EU Parliament, by putting pressure on the new EU Commision President Jos̩ Manuel Duṛo Barroso, to drop Rocco Buttiglione Рthe Italian Commissioner under fire for his conservative views on gays and women, is staking a claim to a superior level of power than the individual states that send their chosen Commissioners. They are [...]
France to bring forward its referendum France prepares to fall into line with the suggestion from the EU Parliament that the various referendums on the Constitution are all held at the same time, in a effort to imply that this would be an EU wide Referendum. According to EUOBSREVER “French political leaders are considering bringing [...]
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