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Britannia Radio (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
eu reform treaty Diplomats say EU choses Belgian as new presidentThe Associated PressThe union must decide before the eu's new reform treaty, which created the two new posts, comes into force in 12 days. The EU reform treaty does not spell ...See all stories on this topic Russia And The EU After LisbonRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty... prompt and overly enthusiastic Foreign Ministry
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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
BRUSSELS — Diplomats say EU leaders have opted for little-known compromise candidate Belgian Premier Herman Van Rompuy to become the bloc's first full-time president. Envoys added that the 27 leaders have also agreed to appoint Britain's EU commissioner Catherine Ashton as the bloc's new foreign policy chief, replacing Spaniard Javier Solana. Ashton has been the EU's trade commissioner since...
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Britannia Radio (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
eu reform treaty Italy calls for a European armyGulf TimesItaly 's foreign minister called for the creation of a European Union army following ratification of a landmark EU reform treaty, in a newspaper interview ...See all stories on this topic FACTBOX: Main points of EU's Lisbon reform treatyReuters(Reuters) - Czech President Vaclav Klaus signed the European Union's Lisbon Treaty on
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Soho Politico (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Earlier today I noted that John Redwood has called for an apology from Gordon Brown for not holding a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. As I said then, consistency demands that Redwood also call for an apology from David Cameron, who, after all (and unlike Brown), personally made and signed a 'cast-iron guarantee' that an incoming Tory government would hold a referendum on Lisbon. At least one commentor...
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Britannia Radio (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
eu reform treaty Malaysia StarFACTBOX - Possible contenders for new EU foreign policy chiefMalaysia StarThe high representative for foreign affairs and security policy will have enhanced powers under the bloc's Lisbon reform treaty and head an external action ...See all stories on this topic Final step for Lisbon Treaty: Czech document handed to RomeMonsters and Critics.comRome -
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Boy! Am I Cross! (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
. We have complained for years that the Blair and Brown governments have not been paying attention to public views. That was certainly the case with a referendum over the EU Treaty. But there are signs that, doubtless due to a pending General Election, the government, or at least Gordon Brown, is paying attention. Take immigration, for instance. Brown has announced that he is ‘tightening’...
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EU Referendum (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Died on October 29 aged 93. He had a varied career as a soldier; as chief industrial engineer for Rolls-Royce; and providing high-level liaison between many of Britain's leading companies and government policy-makers. But his two most notable contributions – illuminating one of the most controversial episodes of the Second World War and explaining the "gobbledegook" of EU treaties....
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They're Joking. Aren't they? (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Over at Conservative Ho they’ve been busier than Carol Decker’s drycleaners in whitewashing David Cameron’s betrayal of his ‘cast iron pledge’ to hold a referendum of the Lisbon Treaty if it was in force by the time he was elected Provincial Governor. This: " Today , I will give this cast-iron guarantee: if I become PM a Conservative government will hold a referendum...
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The Swiss Cottage (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
This week’s headlines brought to life another of those quirky British traits. Despite living on an island barely 35 kilometres off the coast of France, the British have an odd and often divisive love-hate relationship with the rest of Europe. Unlike other Europeans, the British seem to wear antipathy toward mainland Europe as a badge of honour. I’ve always struggled to comprehend why treating...
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Surreal Scoop (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Following news that the Lisbon Treaty will now be ratified by all member states, David Cameron pledged his future to making further pledges but said that the days of a cast-iron pledge may now be unsustainable. “Two years ago, when there was little hope I would be in power, I made the people of Great Britain a cast-iron promise to hold a referendum on the EU Treaty,” explained Mr Cameron....
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EU Referendum (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
There was a sense that the story on "Do-nothing" Dave and his amazing technicolour "Europe” policy was beginning to fizzle out. We've done it to death, although for once we've been addressing our core subject – the one for which this blog was set up. What now gives it "legs" though is the reaction filtering in from the rest of the member states, which gives us a...
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WWP-SENIOR SPEAKS! (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
David Cameron has said that if the Conservatives win next year’s general election, there won’t be a referendum on the EU reform treaty because it has already been ratified.All the votes the Conservatives were going to get as a result of Labour not giving us a referendum must now go to the UK Independence Party. The Conservatives either don’t understand their supporters, or don’t...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Politicians across the continent condemn Conservative plans to claw back decision-making powers from Brussels Britain's allies in the EU have served notice on David Cameron that no support exists in Europe for his plans to repatriate certain laws to Britain. In a sign of deep unease at Cameron's Euroscepticism, after France's Europe minister dubbed the Tories "pathetic", a series of fellow...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
David Cameron is heading for a confrontation with Europe after some of Britain's closest EU allies today rejected out of hand key demands outlined by the Conservative leader this week. Three more countries today dismissed the Tories' new approach, in a direct rebuff to William Hague, who insisted that the party was not isolated after the French Europe minister had accused the Conservatives of "castrating"...
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Captain Ranty (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Some information for you. I have not checked it for accuracy, but most of it looks sound. (Link to site embedded in the title). 1. The Queen has signed 6 of the 7 EU Treaties. 2. The 6 treaties define and build the EU as an unelected dictatorship. 3. The EU's laws give it the powers of a police state. 4. The 7th EU treaty will complete the abolition of Britain as a nation - the Queen could sign it...
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