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Lisbon treaty Archive
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The EU and the death penalty
Posted on 04/08/2011 | 1 CommentAt the time when the Lisbon treaty was undergoing ratification, there was a rather odd eurosceptic complaint in Germany that the Lisbon treaty, by giving legal force to the Charter of Fundamental Rights, was not abolishing the death penalty but in fact bringing it back. ... -
Parliaments and the European Union – Representative Democracy after the Lisbon Treaty (6 July 2011)
Posted on 15/06/2011 | 1 CommentParliaments and the European Union – Representative Democracy after the Lisbon Treaty 6 July 2011, 2pm – 6pm, followed by a reception Mary Sumner House, 24 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3RB Programme: 13.45 – 14.00: Registration Session 1: The European Parliament 14.00 – 14.20: “The... -
Undercover cop reveals truth about eurosceptics
Posted on 14/01/2011 | No CommentsOther than the obvious question of whether or not anyone involved in Federal Union was actually a policeman in disguise, the story this week about the police officer who went deep undercover in the environmental movement for seven years tells us something about accountability. Mark... -
The state of the union
Posted on 08/09/2010 | No CommentsYou can read President Barroso’s “State of the Union” address, that he gave yesterday, here. He did not utter the words of the American president each year, that “The state of our union is strong!” He did not dare. For the state of the European... -
Who speaks for Europe?
Posted on 15/07/2010 | No CommentsMore of the fruits of Lisbon treaty: there is a proposal that the European Union should get the right to speak at the United Nations General Assembly. At present, the EU is merely an observer: the change will not make it a full member but... -
Report on Federal Union annual conference and AGM, Saturday 6 March 2010
Posted on 06/03/2010 | No CommentsBy Keith Best The opening session of the conference, “After Lisbon: the European Union and democratic politics”, was addressed by Richard Corbett, former MEP, now member of the cabinet of President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy. Mr Corbett commenced by asking the audience... -
Federal Union review of the decade
Posted on 05/01/2010 | No CommentsIn the spirit of the usual Federal Union reviews of the year, let us cast our minds back 10 years to see how federalism has fared over the course of the past decade. There has been enough change in those years to tell us an... -
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... -
The legitimacy of Lisbon
Posted on 08/12/2009 | 7 CommentsIn a debate at University College London yesterday, the argument came forth from the anti-European speakers that the Lisbon treaty was illegitimate in a way that was not true of previous European treaties. It is hard to work out exactly what they mean – they... -
Six pledges by David Cameron
Posted on 05/11/2009 | 2 CommentsThe speech by Conservative leader David Cameron yesterday dropped the previous commitment to a referendum on the Lisbon treaty and replaced it with six pledges that he aims to achieve in the course of the next parliament. (Read the speech here.) Arch-opponents of the EU...
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