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European elections Archive
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A German decision that sets back Europe
Posted on 11/11/2011 | No CommentsNews reaches me of a rather strange decision by the German constitutional court regarding the elections to the European Parliament. The ruling is forcing a change in the way in which Germany elects its MEPs. The decision is strange not because it is inconsistent with... -
Federal Union review of 2009
Posted on 23/12/2009 | No CommentsTwo events compete with each other to be the most important achievement of 2009. Each in its own way is a little underwhelming, but each might turn out to carry immense significance. Time will tell. The first is the passage into law of the Lisbon... -
Odd position for a Eurosceptic
Posted on 03/07/2009 | No CommentsFurther to the previous blog entry about the calls for a general election, I find this further example, from the House of Commons on 16 June: Mr. Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley) (Con): Following the crushing defeats experienced by the Government on 7 June, when the... -
The European federalists must intensify their actions
Posted on 02/07/2009 | No CommentsBy Michele Ciavarini Azzi, President UEF-Belgium A lot has been said and written on the results of the European elections. However, the election campaigns appear to have offered no real explanation to citizens on the important European issues. With a few exceptions, there was little or... -
Who won the European elections?
Posted on 30/06/2009 | 1 CommentI have being trying to find out how the votes were cast in the European elections earlier this month. There is a provisional list of how the seats have been allocated (it can only be provisional until the new MEPs formally reconvene on 14 July)... -
26 and a half members
Posted on 11/06/2009 | No CommentsBy Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 11 June 2009 It is hard to analyse the European election results so soon after they have been announced. Judgements might be influenced by the campaign and the count which will, in truth, be soon forgotten while the electoral arithmetic... -
Analysis of the European election results
Posted on 08/06/2009 | 3 CommentsThe European election results were bad news for pro-Europeans. There’s no point trying to present it any other way. One trick that party politicians sometimes try and play is to say that the turnout was down, which means that you can’t read so much into... -
Somewhere else
Posted on 25/05/2009 | No CommentsDavid Cameron’s speech on reforming government on Tuesday morning includes the usual sideswipes at the European Union. He says: “The EU and the judges – neither of them accountable to British citizens – have taken too much power over issues that are contested aspects of... -
Gordon Brown turns his back
Posted on 19/03/2009 | No CommentsPublished in EUobserver, 19 March 2009 British prime minister Gordon Brown opened a press conference in Downing Street on Monday, with European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso at his side, with a resounding declaration that: “I want to make absolutely clear that we will support him... -
The Jury Team is wrong about Europe
Posted on 19/03/2009 | 3 CommentsAs the European elections come closer, a new political movement enters the fray. Called the Jury Team, it intends to field self-styled independent candidates in each electoral constituency in the country. Presumably there is also the attraction that proportional representation offers to smaller parties, what...
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