Democratic Politics in the European Parliament (Themes in European Governance)
Jezebel (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
[Brussels, November 18. Image via Getty] Member of European Parliament Emilie Turumene wearing suits, ties and a moustache drawn on her face, shows her CV in front the European Headquarters on... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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...
Dave's Part (Free subscription) | yesterday
MY SOLE brush with publicly-funded office was the three terms I spent as external affairs vice president of City of London Polytechnic in 1983-84. But even experience that gives me one more democratic mandate than Baroness Ashton of Upholland has ever enjoyed. Several newspapers this morning make much of the fact that the EU’s new high representative for foreign and security policy has never...
Peter Black AM (Free subscription) | yesterday
I consider myself to be fairly pro-European. I have argued that the Lisbon Treaty did not require a confirmatory referendum, in fact calls for such plebiscites seem to be becoming far too common in what is still a representative democracy, being used to resolve party differences rather than give people a genuine choice. I can also see that there is a case for a permanent President of the European Council...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
After a turbulent 500 years it is understandable – I sometimes feel like putting my feet up too – but it is a mistake It's not true that last night's appointments at the EU's Brussels conclave are without historic precedence. When the Italian politician Signor Caligula was president of the European commission during one of the continent's more dynamic phases he appointed his horse to negotiate...
David Peter (Free subscription) | yesterday
The appointments of Herman van Rompuy as the first President of the European Council and Baroness Ashton as the Council’s High Representative are the outcome of a blatantly flawed process. It is quite clear from that once the stitch up between the dominant blocs in European politics had been agreed whereby a candidate from the Right would get the President’s job and a candidate from the...
The anger of a Quiet Man (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Well if you're Catherine Margaret Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland the answers simple, never put yourself in a position where you might possibly face an election. That's right, the first High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy in the EU has never faced an election by the voting public* in her life. As the Times puts it , Lady Ashton, 52, a former leader of the Lords,...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek called here on Thursday for EU leaders to reach a decision on the candidates for the bloc's new top jobs. "We have had enough internal reflection. I call on the heads of state and government to take on the challenge and show leadership and reach a decision on the names for these important positions, said Buzek ahead of an informal EU summit to decide on...
Maggie's Notebook (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Britain's Lady Catherine Margaret Ashton will become the new European Union's (EU) foreign policy minister to serve under new EU President Herman van Rompuy of Belgium. She replaces Javier Solana. Lady Catherine Ashton Lady Ashton (52), or formally Baroness Ashton of Upholland, is married to Peter Kellner, the President of YouGov, a pollster, commentator and journalist. Ashton is a member of Labour,...
Switched (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
For over a year, France has been considering plans to ban illegal downloaders from the Web. In the U.S., the FCC may actually begin regulating the Web by forcing providers to charge various fees. But neither of those disturbing developments compare at all to the rumors gathering momentum in England. Various outlets are reporting that the U.K. Secretary of State Peter Mandelson, referred to as the...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
The main foreign policy job is titled high representative for foreign and security policy because, when negotiating the Lisbon treaty, Britain balked at calling it European foreign minister. The post, while formally the junior of the two, is potentially the more powerful. It comes with a large budget, a large machine, a more detailed job description, and 10 years of practice behind it. It is also...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
• Brown seals deal to give Ashton foreign portfolio • Blair's fears realised as Van Rompuy lands top job With its nondescript glass front, decorated with the red and white of the national flag, the Austrian mission to the European Union looks like just another unremarkable diplomatic building in Brussels. But this afternoon a key moment in British Labour history took place inside the building...
Bloggers4UKIP (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
The mild irritation caused by the British government and the European Empire calling the EU "Europe" finally reached tipping point the other day.Europe Minister? No, EU Minister. European Commission? No, EU Commission. European Parliament? No, EU Parliament. European president? No, EU president.The Europe Minister isn't responsible for British government policy for the whole of Europe,
JURIST (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
[JURIST] The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Thursday that airline passengers confronted with flight delays of two hours or more may receive compensation equal to that of passengers whose flights are cancelled. The flat-rate compensation ranges between 250 and 600 euros. The case arose under European Parliament and European Council Regulation (EC) No. 261/2004, which sets forth rules for compensation...
Bulgarian Elections (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Yesterday morning, on 18 November and only a day before top EU jobs are decided, my female Members of the European Parliament (MEP) colleagues and I left the warmth of our EP offices to march together to Schuman square, where we demonstrated for a fair representation of women in the EU. While Commissioner candidates are [...]
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patrickguillard | 10/22/2009
The European Parliament's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought has been awarded this year to MEMORIAL (Oleg Orlov, Sergei Kovalev and Lyudmila Alexeyeva on behalf of the human rights organisation MEMORIAL and all other human rights defenders in Russia), EP President Jerzy Buzek announced on today. The award ceremony will take place on 16 December in Strasbourg.
patrickguillard | 10/21/2009
The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF)will allocate €9.8 million to 1500 Volvo workers made redundant in the motor industry in order to help them to return to employment. This request has been approved by the European Commission and will now be put before the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union for decision.
patrickguillard | 10/16/2009
German, Hungarian and Polish journalists were rewarded yesterday with The European Parliament's annual journalism prize, for their work that promotes better understanding of EU institutions or policies. The prize (€5,000 in each category), went to Ines Possemeyer (written press, Germany), Szlankó Bálint (internet, Hungary), Zbigniew Plesner (radio, Poland) and Elke Sasser and Kristian Kähler (TV, Germany)....
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