European Union and Westminster Politics
In a letter to the FT Douglas Hurd argues that “David Cameron, with his colleagues, certainly understands that the tide of opinion in the European Union, including part of the European Commission, has swung in favour of liberal reform. (This has been clear to some of us for 15 years.) Like all compromises, his [...]
The Scottish fishermen are concerned about a proposal from the European Commission. That would allow the Commission to give any unused fishing quota from one country to another. It is felt that the industry which has already suffered a reduction of more than 50% of its capacity because of the Common Fisheries Policy would be [...]
“It’s too early to tell because the data is incomplete, but it looks like there’s been maybe a 1% rise in emissions in 2007 compared to 2006,” Oh well what do you expect! European Commission authorises Polish State Aid for coal industry Perhasps given the last item? Belgium issues early veto against Blair bid to [...]
This Directive could well mark the beginning of the end of the NHS. Labour backbenchers attack Health Directive: “This Directive could well mark the beginning of the end of the NHS.” Thirty two Labour backbenchers have today put down an early day motion attacking the European Commission’s proposal for a Directive on Health Services. The [...]
This from Euobserver Radio ads run by the European Commission in Ireland have been ruled in breach of Irish media law as they were "directed towards a political end," according to Dublin‘s independent body dealing with complaints on broadcasting content. Parts of the ads, paid for by the European Commission’s representation in Ireland, were strictly [...]
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 [...]
Doing a bit of Surfing based on my own draft folder in which I put links that to posts and article and sites which grab my interest, I came across this letter on the Labour Movement for Europe Site Written by an Administrator and subsequently locked to prevent any chance that someone might possibly inject [...]
Well it’s taken a couple of years but finally the British government have had to cave into the EU Commissions demand that the British people must be subjected to Random Breath Tests. Even though giving our police this power undermines one of our basic rights; that strange concept of the Presumption of innocence. Back in [...]
A new teaching pack on the EU has been introduced for use in Key Stage 3 and 4 “citizenship” classes that claims to offer a balanced view of the organisation and its role. Officials responsible for the pack say “The resources have been designed to offer a balanced introduction to the European Union and the [...]
IP/06/1835 Brussels, 19 December 2006 What did the EU do for me in 2006? The European Commission is launching a new multimedia product, the European Union Yearbook, which sets out 10 major policy actions undertaken by the European Union this year and is available in 22 languages. “Europe and you – a snapshot of EU [...]
Direct Taxation: The European Commission proposes an EU co-ordinated approach of national direct tax systems (see MEMO/06/499) The European Commission has adopted a Communication announcing a series of initiatives to promote better co-ordination of national direct tax systems in the EU. The aim is to ensure that national tax systems comply with Community law and [...]
EUOBSERVER reports EU parliament MEPs have reacted furiously to a UK parliament report which questions the right of the European Parliament to make laws on criminal and police matters due to the fact that most of its members are non-British. Which is not quite the point made by the report but this slight myth is [...]
Daniel Hannan in the Telegraph tells us that The European Union is a solution in search of a problem. Whatever the question, the answer is invariably “more Europe“. War in Lebanon? We need to be able to deploy an EU army. A breakdown in the World Trade Organisation talks? Let’s have a more integrated European [...]
British children, possibly as young as six, will be subjected to compulsory fingerprinting under European Union rules being drawn up in secret. The prints will be stored on a database which could be shared with countries around the world. The prospect has alarmed civil liberties groups who fear it represents a ‘sea change’ in the [...]
Some time ago Eureferendum pointed out that there is a power battle going on at the heart of the EU between the Commision and the heads of states in the Council and that it would be a mistake to belive that the unelected Commision was the real power in the Union. (I paraphrase) Perhaps this [...]
Sir – It is shocking that the European Commission has been able to impose a ban on New Zealand’s exports of butter to the European Union. In view of our close historical ties with our cousins across the world, this has big historical resonance. So important is butter to the New Zealand economy that, when [...]
After its period of deep reflection, the European Commission has come up with a “Citizen’s Agenda”: Basically it seems to be more of the same, but with improved PR. However there’s one strikingly bold initiative: “It will explore the possibility of developing an “entitlement” card which would enable every European citizen to be aware of [...]
Members of the European Parliament have stepped up pressure on the European Commission and the Council of Ministers to give them more say in rewriting implementing legislation. The Parliament is withholding funding from the so-called comitology committees – the groups of national experts who are brought to Brussels to draft implementing rules, which are often [...]
Member states to approve EU driving licence EU ministers are set to hammer out a plan to replace the 110 existing types of driving licence with a single document recognised across the bloc, at a meeting on 27 March. The move comes after member states’ officials agreed a compromise text following months of wrangling over [...]
Conservative MEP Daniel Hannan writing in the Telegraph Two years from now, the European constitution will be in force. The Eurocrats have worked out a deft way of getting around them. Around 85 per cent of the text can, with some creative interpretation, be implemented this way. True, there are one or two clauses that [...]
This from Anne Palmer 11.3.2006. A Traitor’s Bill. Known also as the Abolition of Parliament Bill. Officially called The Legislative Regulatory Reform Bill. I would like to draw attention to the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill presently going through Parliament one way [...]
Last week I put a link on my blog that cunningly tells readers of other web documents referring to the blog. I was intrigued to see one such web site called the Labour Movement for Europe. Not being a member of the Labour Party, this pro-Euro organisation working within the Labour Party has passed me [...]
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