Vox Popoli (Free subscription) | yesterday
The bankers and bureaucrats of Brussels have accomplished what Julius Caesar, Philip II, Napoleon, and Adolf Hitler could not do : From today, as the Lisbon treaty comes into force, we are no longer masters in our own house. Our prime minister, as a member of the European Council, is obligated under this new treaty to promote the aims and objectives of the European Union, over and above those of the...
Financial Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
EU member states at a European Council meeting have resolved to launch new ways to fight antibiotic resistance and consider funding to pharmaceutical companies to develop new medicines
Palestinian Pundit (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Pepe Escobar Asia Times "In theory, Europe now has a unified voice. But while Europeans were expecting bubbly champagne, they were handed flat cola in the form of the new European Council president, Belgian Herman van Rompuy , and quasi-EU foreign affairs minister, Baroness Catherine Ashton. China might well ask the immortal Henry Kissinger question : " Which number do I dial when I want...
The Corner (Free subscription) | yesterday
As of today, the Lisbon Treaty comes into force in Europe and Britain becomes just a province of that supranational authority. Richard North sums it up : From today, as the Lisbon treaty comes into force, we are no longer masters in our own house. Our prime minister, as a member of the European Council, is obligated under this new treaty to promote the aims and objectives of the European Union, over...
David Lindsay (Free subscription) | yesterday
UKIP may not exist by the spring, and its new Leader is going to lose it half its vote for Strasbourg. But in the meantime, his association with Geert Wilders demonstrates that he is not picky. All sorts of people were kept out of Cameron's new Group because they were opposed to Turkish accession, as good a reason as any for him to break with the Gaullists and Christian Democrats, not least the one...
Owsblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
From today...1st December 2009: HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND Gordon BROWN, Prime Minister David MILIBAND, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs WHO, having exchanged their full powers, found in good and due form, HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS: AMENDMENTS TO THE TREATY ON EUROPEAN UNION AND TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY...
Britannia Radio (Free subscription) | yesterday
A dispatch from an occupied country - by Richard... Tuesday, December 01, 2009From today, as the Lisbon treaty comes into force, we are no longer masters in our own house. Our prime minister, as a member of the European Council, is obligated under this new treaty to promote the aims and objectives of the European Union, over and above those of the UK, and is bound by the rules of the Union.Of
EU Referendum (Free subscription) | yesterday
From today, as the Lisbon treaty comes into force, we are no longer masters in our own house. Our prime minister, as a member of the European Council, is obligated under this new treaty to promote the aims and objectives of the European Union, over and above those of the UK, and is bound by the rules of the Union. Of course, this will make no immediate difference. It simply renders de jure what has...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
The EU must look to late 18th-century America for the kind of debate it needs about its future It is hard to think of a more telling example of the British media's propensity to get the wrong end of the stick than the hue and cry over the two latest additions to top-level EU officialdom. Herman Van Rompuy, the new president of the European council, the media tell us, is not just a Belgian, but an...
Klein Verzet (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
It is now 22:44 as I begin this post. In just over one hour and 15 minutes the Lisbon Treaty will come into force. With it, the Netherlands as a sovereign and independent nation, with a history that started all the way back in 1584 will come to an end. Much like the Lisbon treaty will end the sovereignty and independence of 26 other European countries that fell for the deceit of Claude Monet and his...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
Copenhagen - Herman Van Rompuy, recently appointed to become permanent President of the European Council, on Monday paid a brief visit to Denmark. Van Rompuy met with Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen for informal talks ranging from the UN climate ...
The New Nation (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
Nurul Huda The Treaty of Lisbon, which comes into force today has laid the foundation for a more democratic, efficient and transparent European Union (EU), allowing it to better tackle the challenges ahead. The Treaty provides EU with a permanent President of the European Council and a High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy that will enhance continuity and strengthen the Union’s...
BURMA DIGEST (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
by Nick Witney and Jeremy Shapiro - Nick Witney, former Chief Executive of the European Defense Agency, is a senior policy fellow with the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR). Jeremy Shapiro is Research Director of the Center of the United States and Europe at the Brookings Institution. PARIS – [...]
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
Helsinki - Herman Van Rompuy, recently appointed permanent President of the European Council, is to visit Finland this week, the Finnish government said Monday. Van Rompuy's visit on Wednesday includes meetings with Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen and ...
Extra Technology News (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
Moravia's Nanjing-based Service Delivery Center one of EU's Investments in Jiangsu Province Brno, Czech Republic ( PRWEB ) November 29, 2009 -- Moravia Worldwide, a leading globalization solution provider, is pleased to announce its participation in the 5th EU-China Business Summit 2009, to be held in Nanjing, China, on November 30, 2009. Moravia Worldwide is one of the European Union-based companies...
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