Posted by johnwyles in EU, John Wyles.
Eyebrows shot sky high in Brussels today when the Court of First Instance – the arm of the European Court of Justice that deals with cases involving EU employees – found that Edith Cresson had “acted in breach of her obligations as a European Commissioner” but refrained from imposing a punishment.
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Posted by Kirsty Hughes in Kirsty Hughes, Tibet, authors.
Posted by jitorreblanca in EU, Europe, authors, jtorreblanca.
The recent European Council meeting (held in Brussels on 15-16 June) will surely be remembered as one of the emptiest European Council meetings in years. But emptiness is seldom innocuous: the great nothingness in which Europe has developed since the failed referendum in France last year is slowly but relentlessly swallowing entire bits of EU’s future. Many argue that the Constitution should be buried in order to spare much-needed political energies for practical policies. But EU leaders have just refused to move justice and police matters to qualified-majority voting- a measure which would have enhanced national governments’ capacity to fight illegal immigration and transnational organized crime. Then, as they slept on the Constitutional project – containing rules which are essential for the EU to be able to effectively function at 27 members – they spent considerable time and energy discussing whether the Union should enlarge further or not. (more…)
Posted by Kirsty Hughes in EU, Europe, Kirsty Hughes, authors.
Kirsty Hughes
As all EU-watchers know, Finland now has its turn at the helm of the great EU ship for the next 6 months (its official website is at http://www.eu2006.fi ). What can we expect with this Nordic nation in the lead? (more…)
