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Thring for Your Supper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Bom Jardim4/5Roast chicken is the greatest cliché in the kitchen. The trussed, homely, tits-up bird, fatted, auburn and steaming, stickey-out calves and oysters in its back, sleek skin pocked and follicled: brown thigh, ivory breast, muscle speared, sliced and gravied. Everyone knows it, everyone has a Proustian chook. Ask five strangers what their favourite meal is and I bet one of them will...
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Britannia Radio (Free subscription) | yesterday
HOMENEWSWORLD NEWSEUROPEEU'Lisbon Treaty should mean single EU seat on IMF board'Britain should give up its place on the International Monetary Fund to make way for a single European Union seat on the fund’s board, a leading economist has said. By James Kirkup, Political CorrespondentPublished: 10:00PM GMT 06 Nov 2009Simon Johnson, a former IMF chief economist, said that the passing of the EU’s...
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Times Online - Daniel Finkelstein (Free subscription) | yesterday
There have been times when it has appeared as though the best professional to help you to understand Conservative European policy would be a psychiatrist. But right now? I’d consult a behavioural economist.
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Britain should give up its place on the International Monetary Fund to make way for a single European Union seat on the fund's board a leading economist has said.
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Getting The Message Out (Free subscription) | yesterday
An Independent Kingdom (Lisbon Pt.2) I’m going to try and be brief, where possible, because I know this is going to be a very long post. What I plan to do today is explain precisely what is wrong with the Lisbon Treaty, why the case ‘for’ it usually presented by its supporters is weak and what [...]
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ireland.com (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Czech prime minister Jan Fischer plans to deliver his country’s Lisbon Treaty ratification instrument to Rome later this month.
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Indymedia ireland (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Statement by the Vice President of Republican Sinn Féin Des Dalton The Czech Republic’s ratification of the Lisbon Treaty on November 3, paving the way for its adoption as EU law does not mark the end of history. The principles of upon which the campaign against the Lisbon Treaty was fought are timeless and will hold true as long as the human race exists.
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Urban Sketchers (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
last week, on my way to lagos, I stopped for one day in lisboa. it was my first time there, and I tried to get a quick view to the main districts of the city. I left from the metro station "baixa-chiado" and then walk along the river, went to the chiado, and looked for a panorama on the city… sketching in the street, an american women told me: "- oh it's beautifull! do you sell...
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
THE KEY factor in persuading the Irish electorate to ratify the Lisbon Treaty in the second referendum was a sense of vulnerability arising out of the economic crisis, Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin said in Dublin yesterday.
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Delphius' Debate (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
My daughter came in from school yesterday and promptly declared "We've just handed Britain over to the EU haven't we? Thats disgusting!" Quite how she came by this information I don't know (I make a point of letting my kids make their own minds up about such things), but if its clear to her as a fifteen-year-old with no interest in politics, it must be clear to the rest of the country. We've...
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Naval Open Source INTelligence (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
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. Europe's chiefs of defence gathered in Brussels on Wednesday (4 November) to review all military operations under the EU flag and to witness the handover of power from outgoing EU military...
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Getting The Message Out (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
How to Rig A Debate (Lisbon Pt.1) Like so many issues, the problem with discussing Europe is that the “pro” side, in alliance with most of the main stream media, colour the debate to their liking and use deceptive terms to obscure what is being said. Chattering Man, in his guest post here a couple of days [...]
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Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Europe will be able to take a more active role in the world since the Lisbon Reform Treaty has been approved by all member states. It will also help to adopt a new institutional structure, development experts write.
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Margot Wallström (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The Constitutional Court in the Czech Republic said that “it is a court, not a place for endless debates”. It ruled that the Treaty of Lisbon is in conformity with the constitutional order of the Czech Republic and there is nothing to prevent its ratification. And then President Klaus signed. A long and bumpy road [...]
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Architecture Revived (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The Vasco da Gama Mall in stands across the Gare do Oriente station in Lisbon Portugal. It includes 200 stores, a theater, and a large food court. The building is part of a large project for Lisbon by Santiago Calatrava. The glass barrel vault reflects the form of the Gare do Oriente, a slightly organic Spanish form. It also expresses the same strictly organized symmetry and opposition of light versus...