Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
Your search for "Parliament Of The United Kingdom" produced 86 items.
| 1. The British ‘Non' | December 21, 2011 |
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Twice in the past, a British ‘No' has pushed European monetary union forward. At the European Union summit on 8-9 December, British Prime Minister David Cameron vented... |
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| 2. Conservative tactician | November 10, 2011 |
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In 2001, aged just 30, George Osborne was a newly elected member of the British parliament, the youngest on the Conservative benches, and was looking for people to staff his... |
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| 3. Council, MEPs at odds on short-selling and supervision | July 7, 2011 |
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MEPs seek tougher rules on naked short-selling. The EU will head into the summer with approval for two of the largest pieces of financial- services legislation still a... |
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| 4. Calm before the storm | June 30, 2011 |
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A strange introduction for the UK's next permanent representative to the EU. David Cameron chose a curious form of words to justify the appointment of Jon Cunliffe as the... | |
| 5. A reflection on old, failed neighbourhood policies | May 26, 2011 |
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Tailoring assistance programmes to the specific needs of particular countries makes good sense. The reformed European neighbourhood policy (ENP) is a sober reflection on the... |
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| 6. MEPs postpone approval of Council's 2009 spending | March 24, 2011 |
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Parliament demands more information over how the Council spend its money in 2009. The European Parliament's budgetary control committee has delayed approving the accounts of... | |
| 7. Court tells former MEP to pay back expenses | March 24, 2011 |
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Den Dover is ordered to repay European Parliament nearly €400,000 in expenses. A former MEP from the UK was today (24 March) ordered by the European Court of Justice... | |
| 8. A shift in the balance of power | January 13, 2011 |
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A look at the changes to the comitology rules that have taken place since the Lisbon treaty came into force, and what that means for the EU institutions.
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| 9. Ties that bind | December 9, 2010 |
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Two critics of the EU get hitched. Gisela Stuart is a British Labour MP who served on the praesidium of the European Convention as a representative of the national... | |
| 10. Determined Conservative | December 9, 2010 |
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The UK's Secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs is a political survivor.
Like the Conservative Party, Caroline Spelman has been on a journey. First... |
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| 11. A warm welcome (as usual) | December 9, 2010 |
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Celebrating the opening of the London offices of the European Commission and European Parliament. William Hague, the UK's foreign minister, showed up at the official opening... | |
| 12. No end in sight to education ‘scandal' | November 25, 2010 |
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Foreign lecturers are still battling to get what they are owed. Reading the complexities of Staffan Nilsson and Martin Westlake's excellent article (“Bringing citizens... |
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| 13. Not flying the flag | October 14, 2010 |
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A discreet move for EU staff in London. European Union staff have moved into new offices in London, but they have done so very discreetly. The European Commission's... |
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| 14. Mandy's mischievous memoirs | July 22, 2010 |
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The former commissioner doesn't pull any punches in his new book. The memoirs of Peter Mandelson, erstwhile UK minister for business, sometime European commissioner for... |
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| 15. Hague vows to increase UK's EU influence | July 1, 2010 |
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Foreign secretary says UK faces a 'generation gap' in EU institutions. William Hague, the UK's foreign secretary, today said that the UK government is “determined” to... |
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| 16. Long-lasting humiliation | March 11, 2010 |
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How might the emotional scars from sterling's exit from the European Monetary System in 1992 affect relations in the European Union in 2010? Anyone who hangs around Brussels... | |
| 17. Report chides Parliament's lax control of public money | February 25, 2010 |
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Report warns of backlash from voters, while the Parliament's secretary-general is criticised over secrecy. Lax controls on the use of public money are putting the European... |
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| 18. Abolish the neutralisation system | April 2, 2009 |
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The chairman of the European Parliament's committee on budgetary control clarifies his position. In the article ‘Reforms aim to cut inter-committee controversy' (12-18... | |
| 19. Why MEPs must become even duller | March 26, 2009 |
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Why not admit that the Parliament cannot realistically aspire to be a ‘European Parliament'? Jean-Louis Bourlanges, an independent-minded French political thinker and... | |
| 20. Helping Parliament own its legislative agenda | March 19, 2009 |
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Calls for fresh legislative start after elections; discontinuity principle' disputed at EU level. When voters elect a new European Parliament in June, few will think that... | |
