As the European elections come closer, a new political movement enters the fray. Called the Jury Team, it intends to field self-styled independent candidates in each electoral constituency in the […]
The Jury Team is wrong about Europe Read More »
Irish entrepreneur Declan Ganley launched his new eurosceptic political party Libertas in the UK today. He intends to have candidates in each of the 27 member states, apparently, but on
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By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 11 February 2009 The Party of European Socialists will launch its European election manifesto in Brussels today (11 February). In preparation for the elections in
Do the Socialists have vision and principle? Read More »
By Richard Laming Published in the Financial Times, 3 July 2004 Sir, John Szemerey (Letters, June 26) proposes that candidates for president of the European Commission should contest the European elections,
Political parties should nominate own candidates Read More »
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 20 April 2004 The European Union has set itself the goal of becoming the mostcompetitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world. The Lisbon summit
Economic reform is a political issue Read More »
By Richard Laming Published in the Financial Times, 15 April 2004 Sir, it is not surprising that the European Commission has a lame-duck air about it, given the way its
EU commissioners should be as political as cabinet ministers Read More »
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 1 April 2004 Reports filter out that European Commissioners are starting to think about political jobs in their member states. This is hardly a surprise.
No surprise if the Commission has an end-of-term feeling Read More »
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 23 March 2004 The United Kingdom is caught up in not one but twoconstitutional debates at the moment, and there is an interesting link between
Connect political power to votes cast Read More »
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 8 March 2004 Denis MacShane, British minister for Europe, has denouncedHans-Gert Pöttering, leader of the Christian Democrats in the European Parliament, as”arrogant” for saying that
The real arrogance is keeping decisions from the voters Read More »
