By Richard Laming EUOBSERVER / COMMENT – If all goes according to schedule, Jose Manuel Barroso will be confirmed in office this week for a second term as president of […]
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The judgment by the German constitutional court approving of the Lisbon treaty has been broadly welcomed by pro-Europeans in Germany. (See a commentary by Hans-Jürgen Schlamp on Speigel Online here.)
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The blog has observed before the problems facing the fishing industry. The ability of the fishing fleets to catch fish has been outstripping the ability of the marine environment to
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Following on from the interesting remarks by Vaclav Klaus reported in this blog yesterday, it is interesting to look at the Civitas factsheet on the European Parliament. (Civitas is a
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The title is a Latin phrase used in economics which means “all other things being equal”. The prediction of what difference any specific alteration to economic policy will make is
The European Union may not be the only factor that has brought peace to Europe, but it is certainly a major one. A set of international institutions founded on the
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By Richard Laming An enquiry comes in: why should political parties nominate candidates for president of the European Commission in the elections next summer Here are three reasons: 1. Honesty
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By Brendan Donnelly The past two years have seen a definite softening in the traditionally sceptical view of the euro taken by British commentators and politicians. With every year that
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One of the things that has been hard to explain in the debate about the European constitution is the nature of the change that it represents. On the one hand,
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Daily Telegraph environment correspondent Charles Clover reported last week on the failure of a bid by environmental pressure group WWF to overturn EU fishing policy in the courts. The complaint
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