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icWales (Free subscription) | yesterday
THE controversial Lisbon Treaty has given Wales a greater influence on how new European laws are made, the Presiding Officer of the National Assembly claimed yesterday.
A Fistful of Euros (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
It’s now clear that the Thierry Henry assist on the William Gallas goal last night is going to generate more commentary and interest than tonight’s filling of the new EU jobs (Council President, High Rep. for Foreign Policy, and Secretary General of the Council), but nonetheless, we could be stuck with these people for a [...]
Pro-Life News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Herman Van Rompuy (Flemish Christian democrat) has been chosen to be the first president of the European Council. The man who, just one year ago unexpectedly and reluctantly became the Prime Minister of Belgium, has now been chosen to take...
Goa Blog (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
On November 19, 1930, when a three-seater aircraft landed in Goa it brought to an end the first successful flight from Lisbon to Goa, that had taken off in Amadora, a city seven kms from Lisbon, on November 1. If that flight took 19 days, today with transit halts, the same trip takes about 17 hours. [...]
Charles Bremner (Free subscription) | yesterday
A groan of disappointment went up from the commentating classes of old Europe today. After the long and painful birth of the Lisbon treaty, the Union has, they say, anointed nonentities to its two new supreme posts. The word may...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Roger Helmer says Anglican hierarchy has dropped the gospel in favour of 'the new religion of climate alarmism' A Tory MEP has accused the Church of England of having "abandoned religious faith entirely and taken up the new religion of climate alarmism instead". Roger Helmer, who resigned from the Tory frontbench in Europe when the Westminster leadership dumped its promised referendum on...
Gates of Vienna (Free subscription) | yesterday
Paul Belien writes today about the new president of the European megastate, who happens to be Belgian: Herman Van Rompuy. Get used to the name. He is the first President of the European Union, which with the ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon by all the 27 EU member states in early November was transformed into a genuine United States of Europe. The President of Europe has not been elected ; he was...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Pay no attention to the Eurosceptics. Cathy Ashton's posting as EU 'foreign secretary' is a major post-Lisbon development The chorus of ill-informed and patronising calls of "Who?" that have greeted the appointments of the Belgian prime minister, Herman Van Rompuy , as the new long-term president (really chairman) of the European Council, and Baroness Cathy Ashton, as the new EU foreign...
Times Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
A groan of disappointment went up from the commentariat of old Europe today. After the long and painful birth of the Lisbon treaty, the Union has, they say, anointed nonentities to its two new supremo posts.
Britannia Radio (Free subscription) | yesterday
Meet the President of EuropeFrom the desk of Paul Belien on Fri, 2009-11-20 09:32Herman Van Rompuy. Get used to the name. He is the first President of the European Union, which with the ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon by all the 27 EU member states in early November was transformed into a genuine United States of Europe.The President of Europe has not been elected; he was appointed in a
The Corner (Free subscription) | yesterday
Yesterday, the European Union decided who its leaders should be following implementation of the Lisbon Treaty. Note I say the European Union and not the people of Europe, because they have no role in the process. Europe has once again become an elitist/technocrat's dream, and there is plenty of evidence of the technocrats' delight in this press conference: There is no better example of the elitism...
The Corner (Free subscription) | yesterday
The EU's oligarchs have now chosen the union's new "president" (actually the president of its council, which will likely prove to be an important distinction) and "foreign minister" (or to give the job its full, magnificently pompous, vaguely Ruritanian title, "high representative"). For the former job, they have picked an obscure Belgian prime minister (are there any...
A Source Of Inspiration (Free subscription) | yesterday
It’s been a while since my last Shamess PromoTion, where i highlight projects created by friends, mostly from Portugal. The project i’ll be describing today was developed by SAPO, where some good friends managed to deliver one of the most solid web applications i’ve seen lately, specially considering that Lisbon isn’t exactly Silicon Valley. So, what’s [...]
Britannia Radio (Free subscription) | yesterday
Meet the President of EuropeFrom the desk of Paul Belien on Fri, 2009-11-20 09:32Herman Van Rompuy. Get used to the name. He is the first President of theEuropean Union, which with the ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon by allthe 27 EU member states in early November was transformed into a genuineUnited States of Europe.The President of Europe has not been elected; he was appointed in a
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Many Belgians fear chaos will return as the stabilising influence of Herman Van Rompuy is removed Belgium is celebrating like it's already New Year's Eve. The European heads of state have reached an agreement on who will become the European Union's first permanent president . And yes, the man's from Belgium. From January onwards, the Belgian prime minister Herman Van Rompuy will serve as the first...
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