EU Elections

The Lisbon Treaty explained

Nov 8 2009 by Tomos Livingstone, Wales On Sunday The Lisbon Treaty on the EU’s future has finally been approved, and the Conservatives have dropped their demand for a referendum. In 2007 – thinking Gordon Brown was going to...

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Unionist hard-liners target end of power-sharing

Hardline unionists in the North today spelled out their hopes of bringing down the region’s power-sharing government. The Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV), led by former Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) member Jim Allister,...

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Berlusconi's Answers and the Missing Truths

The Premier and the 10 Questions: more lies and many omissions in Vespa's book As demonstrated by the Premier today, the questions were completely legitimate Berlusconi's Answers and the Missing Truths by GIUSEPPE D'AVANZO...

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Unionist party apologises for calling Irish a "leprechaun language"

A hardline unionist party was today accused of an embarrassing climbdown after it apologised for branding Irish a "leprechaun language". The Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) led by former MEP Jim Allister is to hold its annual...

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Phantom MEPs cause political 'nightmare'

The increase in the number of lawmakers in the European Parliament, prompted by the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, is causing major headaches across the EU, with massive uncertainty surrounding the timing of the 18 new...

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EU Comms David vs. Goliath (only the stones are misdirected)

OK, here we go again. Open Europe having a further whine at something going on in Brussels, this time the amount of money the European Union spends on ‘propaganda'. Also not a surprise is the choice of EUObserver to carry a...

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The European Parliament's experience with social media - a post election reflection

As the night was approaching and the last votes were counted on June 7, the final day of the European Parliament ( EP) election, you could read Twitter updates in 22 different languages from EP's official Twitter accounts. Or...

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Czech leading parties unable to agree on European commissioner

ČTK The two biggest parties failed to agree on the nomination of a Czech EU commissioner when their leaders met with PM Jan Fischer on Wednesday. Fischer said the government must make the decision early next week. In an...

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Tom Wise, former MEP, facing jail for £30,000 expenses fraud

A former British MEP was facing prison today after confessing to an expenses fiddle worth more than £30,000. Tom Wise, 61, was the UK Independence Party’s MEP for the East of England when he was accused of spending money...

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Iceland's accession bid: quo vadis?

The Government of Iceland submitted its application for EU-Membership to the current Swedish Presidency of the Council of the EU in a letter dated on 16 July. At the Council meeting on 27 July, EU Foreign Affairs Ministers...

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