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MEPs await large extension of powers
Brussels :: Belgium | 2 days ago
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MEPs are awaiting next week's entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty with impatience as the new institutional rules give the EU assembly a say in an array of new areas, including the EU's money-eating farm policy and its long-term budget...The rise in...
Tags: Catherine Ashton, Lisbon Treaty, Ms Ashton, foreign policy, Baroness Ashton, policy chief, europeans commission, Belgium, Brussels, Common Agricultural Policy, Treaty of Lisbon, European Commission, Parliament of the United Kingdom, European Parliament, Member of the European Parliament, European Union, European Court of Auditors, Political corruption, Federalism, William Hague, Miliband, Peter Mandelson, Gordon Brown, Jewish atheists, David Miliband, Life peers, Politics, Josￃﾩ Manuel Barroso, Nicolas Sarkozy, Charlie McCreevy, Catherine Ashton Baroness Ashton of Upholland
Leading article: Next stop, Copenhagen
Brussels :: Belgium | 4 days ago
Credibility Our "No, non, nein" campaign against Tony Blair ensured that he was not chosen as the first President of the European Council last week. Well, our campaign, and attitudes towards the Iraq war across Europe, and trade-offs between the broad political blocs...
Tags: European Parliament, European Council, European Union, Mr Van Rompuy, Herman van Rompuy, Lisbon Treaty, Iraq, Belgium, Brussels, Democratic deficit, President of the European Council, David Cameron, European Commission, Treaty of Lisbon, Federalism, Politics
Lisbon Treaty heralds trickier EU relations
Bern :: Switzerland | 4 days ago
Credibility Swiss lawyer Jean Russotto, one of the leading experts in Brussels, says Swiss officials will face new EU players and working methods after the treaty comes into force on December 1. The Lisbon Treaty streamlines the EU's cumbersome decision-making processes...
Tags: EU Parliament, EU Commissioner Catherine Ashton, Switzerland, Jean Russotto, Lisbon Treaty, European Parliament, Council of Ministers, European Commission, foreign affairs, European Council, Bern, Treaty of Lisbon, European integration, Politics of the European Union, European Union, Federalism
Europe Haggles Over Filling Presidential and Foreign Policy Posts
Brussels :: Belgium | 7 days ago
Credibility The European Union has spent eight years trying to modernize its rules and become a bigger global player. But now, facing a vote Thursday to finally pick a slate of new and more powerful leaders, it is falling back on old-fashioned backroom deal-making...
Tags: European Union, European Council, European Parliament, Swedish EU, Lisbon Treaty, Turkey, Brussels, eu presidency, eu leaders, prime minister, Belgium, Economy of the European Union, Federalism, Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, Paavo Lipponen, Jean-Claude Juncker, Treaty of Lisbon, Vaira Vￄﾫￄﾷe-Freiberga, Politics, Tony Blair, Nicolas Sarkozy, Angela Merkel, European Commission, Carl Bildt, Ed Miliband, Miliband, Jewish atheists, David Miliband, Common Foreign and Security Policy, United Nations, Future enlargement of the European Union, International recognition of Kosovo, Political systems
EU foreign minister has 'impossible' task ahead
Brussels :: Belgium | 9 days ago
Credibility The tasks of the proposed new EU foreign minister look relatively clear-cut and powerful on paper but analysts and politicians in Brussels suggest the person will need to be superhuman to manage all that is foreseen under the Lisbon Treaty. Formally known...
Tags: Lisbon Treaty, foreign minister, Belgium, Brussels, European Union, Salzburg Forum, Treaty of Lisbon, Franco Frattini, European Commission, Politics, European Constitution, Javier Solana, Common Foreign and Security Policy, European Parliament, Foreign relations of the European Union, Politics of the European Union, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, War Conflict, Anti-communism, NATO, Military of the European Union
Brown gets tough on immigration
Brussels :: Belgium | 14 days ago
Credibility Gordon Brown unveils tougher immigration rules Prime minister announces plans to reduce the number of professions that can recruit from outside Europe Gordon Brown today outlined plans to tighten the UK's immigration rules by reducing the number of professions...
Tags: EU-Russia, European Union Council, eu leaders, Dmitry Medvedev, Lisbon Treaty, Gordon Brown, Brussels, foreign minister
Bulgaria FM, Barroso Discuss Her Commissioner Nomination
Brussels :: Belgium | 20 days ago
Credibility After the meeting Jeleva refused to disclose details, saying the European Commission has asked her for discretion, but did not spare her harsh criticism against the Bulgarian media for their interest. “We talked about things, which concern the Lisbon...
Tags: Lisbon Treaty
EU military chiefs nervous about Lisbon Treaty implications
Brussels :: Belgium | 21 days ago
Credibility EU military chiefs are nervous that their advice will not carry the same weight once the new Lisbon Treaty is in place and that the planned diplomatic service will not contain enough experienced military personnel...Once in force on 1 December, the Lisbon...
Tags: Lisbon Treaty, Vaclav Klaus, European Union, presidency vaclav, Tony Blair, Massimo D'Alema, eu presidency, constitution court
What next for the Tories on Europe?
London :: United Kingdom | 21 days ago
Credibility France's minister for Europe, Pierre Lellouche, strongly criticised plans by David Cameron to repatriate powers back to Britain, saying that the Tories would "castrate" UK influence in Europe. Meanwhile, the Eurosceptic Conservative MEP Daniel Hannan...
Tags: Europe Cameron, European Union, David Cameron, Mr Cameron, European Parliament, European Commission, Lisbon Treaty, U.K. Tories, Daniel Hannan, eu plans
MEPs say incoming commissioners should be quizzed on economic crisis
Brussels :: Belgium | 22 days ago
Credibility MEPs attending a first meeting of the European Parliament's special committee on the financial and economic crisis on Wednesday (4 November) said the group's work should extend well beyond the financial sector. And in a sign that the committee wants the...
Tags: EU Commission, David Cameron, Mr Cameron, European Union, Lisbon Treaty, European Commission, European Parliament, cameron promised, Czech Republic, tories leaders
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