Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
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| 1. The road to productivity | February 9, 2012 |
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Improving competitiveness through regulatory reform. The EU summit on 30 January focused on competitiveness, growth and job creation (“A different kind of response?”, 2-8... | |
| 2. Strasbourg strikes back | February 8, 2012 |
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Chris Huhne can't escape the Parliament. Is this the revenge of the European Parliament? Chris Huhne, the UK's energy minister, resigned from the British government last... |
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| 3. Wallis's husband will not take up Parliament seat | January 27, 2012 |
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Stewart Arnold has decided not to use his right to take up European Parliament seat vacated by his wife, Diana Wallis. Liberal group officials in the European Parliament... | |
| 4. Liberal loner | January 26, 2012 |
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The UK's business secretary is not afraid to take on the City. Late on 10 May 2010, Liberal Democrat members of the UK's parliament and party officials met to decide whether... |
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| 5. Diana Wallis to stand down as an MEP | January 19, 2012 |
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Liberal Democrat MEP announces that she is to quit just days after failing in bid to become president of the European Parliament. Diana Wallis, a British Liberal MEP who this... |
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| 6. Britain's anti-Unionists | January 19, 2012 |
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A row over Scotland's place in the United Kingdom has implications for the EU, too. When, last December, David Cameron played the UK's veto against the EU's fiscal-reform... |
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| 7. A platform for presidential candidates | January 5, 2012 |
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European Voice host public debate between candidates for the European Parliament presidency. European Voice will next week be putting on a public debate between candidates... | |
| 8. How Deva, Schulz and Wallis voted in the past two years | December 21, 2011 |
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Of the three candidates for the presidency of the European Parliament, Nirj Deva has the worst record of attendance at votes in plenary. | |
| 9. UK insists it is not isolated | December 9, 2011 |
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But former foreign minister says UK veto on treaty change leaves UK “in a mess”. Senior UK government officials and UK Conservative MEPs have rallied around a decision by... |
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| 10. 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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| 11. Dreams can come true, but not always | September 8, 2011 |
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MEP's woes in gaining global support. Entre Nous last week (1-7 September) reported that, according to cables leaked to WikiLeaks, US diplomats wrote that Nirj Deva, the... | |
| 12. Time to move on | September 8, 2011 |
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A new job for Ashton's former press officer. MHP, a public relations firm, set social networking sites Facebook and Twitter aflutter last week with a press release... |
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| 13. Our man in Brussels... | September 1, 2011 |
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WikiLeaks focuses on the European Parliament. WikiLeaks last week (25 August) released an American diplomat's description of the European Parliament's development committee... | |
| 14. 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... | |
| 15. 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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| 16. 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... | |
| 17. Big in Bruges? | March 3, 2011 |
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The UK wants a bigger presence in Europe. David Cameron, the British prime minister, has been struggling on the domestic political stage to win support for what he calls... | |
| 18. Take that, Eurosceptic Conservatives | February 24, 2011 |
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David Cameron gets his EVaward. Better late than never, Timothy Kirkhope, the leader of the UK Conservative MEPs, last week delivered to 10 Downing Street the EVaward that... |
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| 19. Parliamentary confusion | February 10, 2011 |
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MEPs get confused during vote on new financial bosses. Not quite being in touch with the real world is a criticism that has frequently been levelled against MEPs, but a new... | |
| 20. Nice work if you can get it | February 3, 2011 |
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Plum new jobs for Mandelson and Ferrero-Waldner. It is all onwards and upwards for two former European commissioners. | |
