Administrator @ June 23, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Another problem popped up today for the Lisbon Treaty; the Polish president, Lech Kaczynski (of the extreme right wing Law and Justice party), may not sign the Lisbon treaty. One of his aids said that due to the rejection of the treaty by one member state, there cannot be ratification. The president has never been [...]
Administrator @ June 20, 2008 # No Comment Yet
French president Nicolas Sarkozy warned that further EU expansion was impossible without ratification of the Lisbon Treaty. The treaty is meant to streamline EU operations, and give the EU a bigger, more united, voice on the world stage. Irish voters rejected the treaty, with a large percentage admitting they do not know what exactly the [...]
Administrator @ June 16, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Damage control is on the minds of most European governments after Irish voters rejected a European Union treaty that is meant to streamline decision making and give the EU a more robust foreign policy. Ireland is the only EU member state holding a referendum on the treaty. 18 other member states have already ratified [...]
Administrator @ June 9, 2008 # No Comment Yet
After a crisis period in the European Union, the no vote of the French and Dutch on the constitutional treaty, all eyes are on the Irish. Ireland will be holding a referendum on the latest EU treaty, which is set to replace the former EU constitution. Polls indicate there are still a lot of votes [...]
Administrator @ June 2, 2008 # 3 Comments
A group of new members of the European Union are pressing the EU to recalculate CO2 emission targets, to take into account their progress in previous years. Currently the year 2005 is used to base calculations on. Hungary, which is spearheading the effort, insists that it is unfair to ignore previous gains by the former [...]