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Is there life after the European Parliament? After 13 years as a Member of the European Parliament, Richard Corbett has recently taken up a new position in the cabinet of Herman Van Rompuy the President of the Council as his senior political Twitter reactions on then EU Elections; a selection  @mariekeguy: Just catching up on #eu09 tweets. I'm definitely coming round to the idea of compulsory voting. 30% turnout round here. Disgraceful!
@asteris: Let's not just hope that the new EP will be better than the MEPs dive headfirst into fitness, and empty pool There have been cynical mutterings about the claimed five million Euro swimming pool that the European Parliament is supposedly building, and some are describing this as an example of financial fecundity. Of course, examination of Libertas. Egalité? Fraternité?  The future performance of Libertas, often labeled the Eurosceptic party, created by Irish entrepreneur and the architect of Ireland’s “No”vote on the Lisbon Treaty, Declan Ganley, is still not clear and is undoubtedly far from From politics to love and war - MEPs write about life too  If you mention the words Member of the European Parliament (MEP) most people are likely to think of stuffy sessions of debate and lawmakers wrangling over arcane issues. But some MEPs have found time to Irish need to be heard again to save EU Treaty  Irish concerns should be addressed before deciding on a way out of the institutional deadlock following Ireland’s rejection of the Lisbon Treaty, the European Parliament’s Constitutional Affairs Committee said. In a debate with the outgoing Small political parties can still be recognised The European Parliament’s Constitutional Affairs Committee, after a tempestuous debate, has narrowly rejected a proposal that would have made it more difficult for smaller groups to create a political party. At present, a group can Parliament demands lobbyists be accountable  The European Parliament has called for stricter rules and more transparency for lobbyists in Brussels. A corresponding Resolution was adopted today by a broad majority of MEPs. The rapporteur, Ingo Friedrich of Germany, said he Europe has its own treaty  The European Parliament gave its imprimatur to the new slimmed-down version of a European Constitution, the Lisbon Treaty, and urged EU countries to ratify this year, saying it would enhance democracy and accountability, better protect A party member gets the boot after raising Hitler  The European People’s Party in the European Parliament said it would expel a British member after he made an indirect reference to Adolf Hitler, linking him to the body’s president, Hans-Gert Poettering, who was about Iranian group ordered off terrorist list  On November 30, talks about Iran’s nuclear programme moved to London where EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana was having talks with Saeid Jalili, Iran’s top nuclear negotiator. The talks, the last before Solana is Parliament cuts itself down to size, over protests  The European Parliament on October 11 gave final approval to plans to reduce the number of its members (MEPs) from 785 to 750 ahead of elections in 2009. The decision puts a close to years of sometimes Change in rule 47 would help Parliament  A growing challenge facing the Committee structure of the European Parliament is the increased number of issues that are cross-cutting. The REACH proposals on chemicals, for instance, were a matter of considerable interest to the A stand for transparency Being a non-inscrit member has surprising consolationsIn July 2004, Jose Manual Barroso was nominated as the new EU Commission president. In August, he enjoyed a lavish holiday on a luxury yacht owned by Greek multi-millionaire Dance courses are for dancers and different dance styles FINLAND - KUOPIO -June 15 to 21,2006 For years the Kuopio Dance Festival has been an important trainer in dance, remarked Finland Festivals when they chose the Dance Week as the Festival of 2006. This year, ACIMALL to participate in Woodworking Middle East ACIMALL, the Italian Woodworking Machinery and Tool Manufacturers’ Association, will be participating at the Woodworking Middle East exhibition organised by Expo Centre Sharjah with the support of the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry from Civil society groups join debate on EU’s future The lack of participation of European citizens in the current dialogue on the future of Europe and the need to improve the EU’s credibility in the eyes of the public were key issues in the Woolworths continues to struggle British retailer Woolworths last Wednesday said trading at its high street stores continued to be difficult and warned that Britain’s participation in the World Cup would reduce the number of customers in the short term, Draft treaty for EU constitution gets the all-clear The Constitutional Affairs Committee recently rubber-stamped the draft treaty establishing a constitution for Europe by a large majority. The committee’s report by Richard Corbett (Party of European Socialists, PES) and Inigo Mendez de Vigo (European Protesters duffed up in Strasbourg The dramatic events in Strasbourg following the vote on the EU constitution on January 12 provide startling evidence of the suppression of democracy and freedom of expression in the European institutions. Predictably, the parliament voted CORRESPONDENCE I was more than a little puzzled by the article “The Achievements of the Prodi Commission” (Jan 11-17th), especially some of the misinterpretations and false presumptions alluded to concerning the draft EU constitution. It is simply Coordinated approach to constitutional treaty The European Parliament last week adopted 449 to 141 votes a resolution calling on the Council to seek a coordinated approach to the calendar for national ratification procedures for the constitutional treaty. Parliament said in Parliament decides to trim Commission's powers Tug of war in Brussels to highlight the rights of electorate The European Parliament, the only directly elected European institution by the citizens of Europe is striving to garner more power to itself and hence the |
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China is presenting its ascent not as a power shift, but as a paradigm shift. The worldwide economic recession has had European Union businesses keenly eyeing China for continuing markets, Showing there is still some major differences between the European Union and China in areas |
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