Administrator @ September 29, 2008 # No Comment Yet
With more victims of the massive credit crisis emerging daily, Europe and the US look for ways to prevent such a crisis in the future. Comments from the French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, and Germany’s finance minister Peer Steinbruck, clearly know what is to blame for the credit crunch: US-style capitalism. Mister Steinbruck went as far [...]
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 [...]
Administrator @ May 31, 2008 # One Comment
According to a new UN report, the notoriously violent Balkans are now safer than Western Europe. Crimes such as rape and burglary have dropped dramatically amid stabilizing economies and political systems. Two Balkan countries joined the European Union in 2007, Romania and Bulgaria. The report states that crime against citizens and their property is now [...]
Administrator @ December 19, 2007 # No Comment Yet
It won’t surprise many: Britons are least positive about the European Union according to a Eurobarometer survey. British citizens are known to be mostly eurosceptic. Joining them at the top of the list are Austrians and Latvians, with a majority having..
Administrator @ November 8, 2007 # No Comment Yet
After recent criminal acts by mostly Romanian citizens, Italy will expel migrants who are without proper documentation and/or with previous police records. Hundreds of thousands of Romanians have moved to Italy since Romania’s accession to the EU.
Administrator @ September 25, 2007 # No Comment Yet
The President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, indicated that France could rejoin NATO’s military command if two conditions are met. He wants Europe to move further toward having a common defense policy that would allow the EU to protect it’s interests independently from.