Posts Tagged ‘Lisbon Treaty/Constitution’
climate change, copenhagen summit, EU 2020 strategy, euroblogging, greece, Lisbon Treaty/Constitution
In EU Foreign Policy, EU summits/meetings, State of Europe on December 18, 2009 at 12:14
Yesterday’s decision by the UN to ban a large number of NGO delegates from the main summit venue for the Copenhagen climate change talks was, to say the least, unpopular on the ground.
Copenhagen climate talks: Main issues and state of play
from EurActiv.com
About 120 world leaders and 193 countries are meeting in Copenhagen to agree a new global climate deal, the basis for a full climate treaty next year.
Photos from Copenhagen protests
from Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow:Treehugger photographer Matt McDermott happened to be in the right place when the massive climate demonstrations in Copenhagen broke out, and the site has a great gallery of shots of the action.
An appeal against a decision by Swiss voters to ban minarets is submitted to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.
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climate change, copenhagen summit, estonia, EU commission, euroblogging, france, greece, israel, Lisbon Treaty/Constitution, sarkozy, serbia, Spanish EU Presidency, sweden
In EU Foreign Policy, EU summits/meetings, European Economy, European Parliament, Islam in Europe, State of Europe on December 13, 2009 at 01:02
Arrested demonstrators sit on the ground as they are surrounded by police during a rally outside the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen December 12, 2009. REUTERS/Christian Charisius
from BBC News | Europe | World Edition
basescu, climate change, copenhagen summit, EU commission, euroblogging, greece, Lisbon Treaty/Constitution, romania
In EU summits/meetings, State of Europe on December 9, 2009 at 03:41
#147 | Photos / videos from tonight in Athens:
In pictures
Athens police clash with youths
All eyes in the world should be on the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference as we wait with a stuttering heartbeat to learn about the policies that will guide humanity through the next great evolutionary bottleneck. The topic I will be keeping an eye on is overpopulation. Read the rest of this entry »
barroso, climate change, copenhagen summit, euroblogging, european commission, france, immigration, Lisbon Treaty/Constitution, sarkozy
In EU Foreign Policy, EU summits/meetings, European Economy, European Parliament, State of Europe on December 7, 2009 at 08:37
from Osocio Weblog by Marc
Next monday, dec 7, the COP15 United Nations Climate Change Conference finally start in Copenhagen. All visitors who came by aeroplane (…) will see these billboards at the Copenhagen Airport. They campaign from Greenpeace shows our world leaders in 2020.
The leaders: Sarkozy (FR), Merkel (Ger), Obama (USA), Tusk (PO), Lula (Br), Zapatero (Es), Brown (UK) and Harper (Can). See them all after the break.
from FT.com – World, Europe
As the eyes of the world focus on Copenhagen, there is reputational danger in attaching the Danish capital’s name to a conference that could end in failure
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barroso, climate change, Enlargement, EU Stockholm Programme, euroblogging, Eurozone, germany, greece, Lisbon Treaty/Constitution, sarkozy, scotland, social democracy
In EU Foreign Policy, EU summits/meetings, European Economy, European Parliament, State of Europe on December 1, 2009 at 18:41
and more from the European agenda…
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barroso, Britain, copenhagen summit, eu president, france, Herman Van Rompuy, Lisbon Treaty/Constitution, minaret referendum, SWIFT, switzerland, UKIP
In EU summits/meetings, European Economy, Islam in Europe, State of Europe on November 29, 2009 at 09:00
from tabsir.net
Cows will no longer give milk in Switzerland if minarets are allowed to stand.
The rightwing political parties in Switzerland are up in arms, preparing for a vote on Sunday to save their alpine paradise from the dreaded cultural eyesore of mosque minarets. This proposed ban on minarets comes from the same friendly yodelers in the nationalist Swiss People’s Party that has previously campaigned against Read the rest of this entry »
2020 strategy, barroso, Britain, eu president, euroblogging, gender balance, immigrants, Lisbon Treaty/Constitution, peter mandelson, surveillance, swedish presidency, twitter
In State of Europe on November 25, 2009 at 16:38
from EU Pundit by Andis Kaulins
EU institutions on Twitter
from open Democracy News Analysis – by Anthony Barnett
For the first time the EU wide moves towards a surveillance society and a database state set out in all their appalling glory. A major report has recently been published NeoConOpticon. It has its own webpage . The authors, with Ban Hayes of Statewatch in the lead, have put together the military and the domestic aspects of the European Security Research Programme.
barroso, BNP, Britain, Enlargement, eu president, euroblogging, germany, Lisbon Treaty/Constitution, miliband, tony blair
In EU Foreign Policy, EU summits/meetings, European Economy on November 16, 2009 at 10:18
from EurActiv.com
The European Union’s heads of state and government will name a president and foreign policy chief over dinner on 19 November, but diplomats say agreement on the appointments has still not been reached.
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berlin wall, Blogging stuff, bosnia, crucifix, david cameron, European Court of Human Rights, italy, karadzic, Lisbon Treaty/Constitution, uk
In European Economy, European Parliament, Islam in Europe, State of Europe on November 7, 2009 at 15:00
A crucifix hangs on a wall map of Europe in a school classroom in Rome November 3, 2009. The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that Italian schools should remove crucifixes from classroom walls, saying their presence could disturb children who were not Christians.The decision is likely to provoke a controversy in Italy, which is deeply attached to its Roman Catholic roots.REUTERS/Tony Gentile
from cafebabel.com by euro topics
On 3 November the European court of human rights ruled that crucifixes in classrooms violate the religious freedom of schoolchildren. Representatives from politics and the church roundly condemn the judgement, while many media welcome the decision. The Iberian, Maltese and Italian press react Read the rest of this entry »
david cameron, eu president, finland, france, klaus, Lisbon Treaty/Constitution, merkel, norway, tony blair, uk
In EU Foreign Policy, EU summits/meetings, European Economy, State of Europe on November 4, 2009 at 10:38
A roundup as usual… last updated: 14:30 (4 Nov)
from EurActiv.com
Confirming that EU leaders appear to read the job description of the first-ever permanent Council president as more of a ‘chairman’ than a ‘leader’, agencies reported today (2 November) that the mild-mannered Belgian prime minister, Herman Van Rompuy, is the “most consensual” figure for the top job.
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Yesterday’s decision by the UN to ban a large number of NGO delegates from the main summit venue for the Copenhagen climate change talks was, to say the least, unpopular on the ground.
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