The EU and the death penalty
At the time when the Lisbon treaty was undergoing ratification, there was a rather odd eurosceptic complaint in Germany that the Lisbon treaty, by giving legal force to the Charter …
At the time when the Lisbon treaty was undergoing ratification, there was a rather odd eurosceptic complaint in Germany that the Lisbon treaty, by giving legal force to the Charter …
The coalition government’s latest experiment in direct democracy is a website where people can post epetitions. If a petition gets at least 100,000 signatures, it will be eligible for debate …
European Conference marking Statewatch’s 20th anniversary 25 June 2011 (10.00-17.30) Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL Programme and Registration form: http://www.statewatch.org/conference/conference.pdf Book Online: http://www.statewatch.org/ordering/order.html Institutions £30: (Institutions wanting …
Statewatching Europe – civil liberties, the state and the European Union (25 June 2011) Read More »
So, a deal was struck with the Czech Republic to get the Lisbon treaty through. An opt-out from the Charter of Fundamental Rights, along Polish and British lines, was added …
Fundamental rights and the European Union Owen Tudor, Head of TUC European Union and International Relations Department, opened the discussion with a rather succinct and elegant description of the dilemma …
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After the protest about the Charter of Fundamental Rights in the European Parliament today, Conservative and anti-European MEP Roger Helmer asks, on his blog, “What sort of human rights do …
Summary of Policy Forum discussion – 19 February 2000 Report drafted by John Parry Introduction The Cologne Summit in June 1999 decided that “the fundamental rights at Union level should …
Policy Forum Introduction by John Parry, 19 February 2000 [A] Introduction 1. The EU is founded on the principles of “liberty, democracy, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, and …
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“Democracy requires not only the people. You can create the apparatus of a state at European level, with a common frontier, a single immigration policy, a common foreign and defence …
By John Parry In June 1999 the Cologne Summit decided that the citizens’ “fundamental rights at Union level should be consolidated in a Charter and thereby made more evident”. It …
Some thoughts about the Charter of Fundamental Rights Read More »