"Irish poised to give EU's Lisbon treaty a rough ride
Ireland just don’t NO
The No side has - alarmingly - surged into the lead in the opinion polls prior to the referendum next week on the Treaty of Lisbon. From the article from the Irish Times about the poll, these are the crucial lines:
Irish poised to give EU's Lisbon treaty a rough ride
The number of Irish voters planning to vote against the European Union's reform treaty in Thursday's referendum has unexpectedly surged, causing alarm among EU...Ireland's voters may derail EU treaty
The number of Irish people planning to vote against the European Union's reform treaty in Thursday's referendum has surged, causing alarm among EU policymakersPresidency logos, a retrospective
The product of the finest consultancies, art schools and messy governmental compromises within national governments - each and every Presidency of the Council of the European Union feels it needs its own logo. So to mark the release of the French logo for 2008, here’s a retrospective of logos past…...............................
France's economic influence in the EU
It is "surprising that no explicitly economic subject appears among France's priorities" for its EU Presidency, writes Ecole Normale Supérieure and Harvard University graduate Jean-François Jamet for the Fondation Robert Schuman, questioning whether this could be a sign of the country's lack of confidence in influencing Europe's economic strategy.What is the EU for?
Is the Lisbon Treaty finished? Well, if you have a gander at the latest poll of voting intentions in the Irish referendum on the thing, then yes. Because it can’t be passed without unanimous support from all 27 member states, and if the Irish people vote no, it has to be rethought and redrawn. Again.
The Paradox of Selective Immigration Policy
The paradox is that countries attempting to screen immigrants by skill level, so that they only get the more skilled ones, end up with an immigrant mix that is less skill-intensive than countries with open immigration. This apparently is a consensus message from the Munich Economic Summit: countries like Ireland, the UK, and Spain, which have had major episodes of open immigration from EU accession countries and/or general amnesties for non-EU immigrants have higher proportions of highly qualified immigrants –
Urban mobility research
It is increasingly recognised that urban-specific research on intelligent transport systems, interoperability and land use planning requires more attention from the EU if it is to resolve the multiple problems faced by Europe's bustling cities.France seeks to revitalise European defence
Giving a boost to the European Defence and Security Policy (ESDP) features high on the agenda of the French Presidency, with the chances of substantial progress high due to France's role as a leading European military power.MAIN FOCUS: Accident at a Slovenian nuclear power plant | 06/06/2008
Confusion surrounding an alleged accident in a nuclear power plant in the Slovenian town of Krško has reignited the discussion about the safety of nuclear energy in Europe. But critics are also dissatisfied with the EU Commission's information policy and the European nuclear alarm system "Ecurie".
The margins, the formal settings and the documents: the EU needs a better language hierarchy
Plaid Cymru MEP Jill Evans has once more raised the issue of Welsh and its status as a language at EU level, and this has generated some follow-up debate. So rather than look at the issue of Welsh in itself, how about some principles of how EU multi-lingualism could work?
Creating the European External Action Service
Preconditions for Avoiding a Rude Awakening
SWP Comments 2008/C 13, June 2008, 8 pagesThe Lisbon Treaty provides for the establishment of a European External
Action Service (EEAS), which has tremendous potential for making European
foreign policy both more coherent and more... more …
Steffen Angenendt | Roderick Parkes
Steering Labour Migration to the EU - Perspectives
SWP Comments 2008/C 12, May 2008, 4 pagesIn July 2008, France will take on the EU Presidency. Insofar as the French
government has made its goals for asylum and immigration policy known, the
expectation is that it will concentrate on... more …
David Shambaugh / Gudrun Wacker (eds.)
American and European Relations with China
Advancing Common Agendas
GMF Project paper, June 2008, 144 pagesEU accused of 'cultural imperialism' on whaling
What Issue Should Transatlantic Leaders Make a Priority at the U.S.-EU Summit?
On June 10, 2008, President Bush and his European counterparts will meet in Slovenia to participate in the summit between the United States and the European Union. At the summit, the President will encourage Europe to work with the United States to confront global challenges that we both face.
