Yesterday was the day that the leaders of the EU came together to make one of the most historic decisions of the Community. It was a decision they all knew they would need to make and one that would be subject to intense behind the scenes manoeuvring and today we have the first President of the EU. So how did the leaders get on with choosing the most senior figure in the power structure of a political union of nearly 500 million citizens?
It’s a busy old day in Glasgow north east today. There’s a plethora of candidates from the BNP and the Jury party to the Conservatives and Solidarity. Everyone recognises that the constituency is in need of a helping hand, though the prescriptions differ.
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There have been few EU-related discussions of late that haven’t mentioned the “I” word – this of course being the Irish. Only an industrial-strength bubble would have prevented permeation. Ireland failed to ratify the Lisbon Treaty, the new blueprint for streamlining EU decision-making procedures and bestowing additional legislative powers on the European Parliament. For Ireland, …
Failing, as Jonathon Freedland put it this week in the Guardian, “a twist so shocking it will have to be scripted by the writers of Lost”, Cameron’s government-in-waiting will move centre stage (though by centre I of course don’t mean on the ideological spectrum of course) after the next general election. There’s a flood of …
The Swedish Ambassador took a trip north this week, to an uncharacteristically dry Scotland, to discuss how his country is getting on with holding the EU Presidency at this mid-way stage. This second (and probable) final stint holding the EU Presidency for Sweden comes at a key EU juncture in many senses.
As unveiled pre-July the …
The European Union – that economic and political union of 27 countries, affects the lives of nearly 500 million citizens, and legislates on topics from social protection and cross border healthcare to noise pollution and energy, those issues which impact upon our daily existence. Though as the recent European Parliament elections show, public interest is …
Delivery of RA services in Scotland: The view of healthcare professionals – A report of a survey of service provision for patients with RA and associated conditions for The Scottish Inflammatory Diseases & Rheumatology Indistry Group Report, part of ABPI Scotland.
March 2008