The long battle to ratify a new European constitution is finally over. But will the Lisbon Treaty really boost efficiency and democracy—or is it too late? On Tuesday, after the Czech Republic's Constitutional Court rejected a... [read full story]
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The Lisbon Treaty creates an EU president, sure. It directly affects 500 million people and indirectly affects the rest of the world. , president of the Czech Republic, grumblingly signed the European Union's Lisbon Treaty. His...
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Get our own house in order first – by David Weber In “The EU is undemocratic”, “The EU is anti-democratic”, “We have our lives dictated to by unelected EU bureaucrats”, “Nobody was given a say over the Lisbon Treaty”, “The...
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Prague, Nov 5 (CTK) - Prime Minister Jan Fischer will take the Lisbon treaty to Rome next Friday, whereby the ratification process by the Czech Republic will be completed, government sources told CTK Thursday. The treaty will...
Published Friday, November 6, 2009 Speaking last week about the European Union’s Treaty of Lisbon, José Manuel Barroso, the president of the EU Commission, described the process involving the preparation, negotiation and...
The Constitutional Court in the Czech Republic said that “it is a court, not a place for endless debates”. It ruled that the Treaty of Lisbon is in conformity with the constitutional order of the Czech Republic and there is...
Mats Persson is Research Director at Open Europe. An argument heard in some corners is that employment and social policy is the “wrong battle” for an incoming Conservative government looking to bring back powers from the EU. EU...
Published: Nov. 6, 2009 at 1:49 AM BRUSSELS, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Top European Union military leaders say they are concerned the Lisbon Treaty will mean their advice will carry less weight. The group met Wednesday in Brussels for a...
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