I found it! Yay!!! About time! The report is here Its long but its got the opinions from a few different committees and an explanatory note! Enjoy
Posts Tagged ‘ Treaty of Lisbon ’
Interesting Facebook Groups
Facebook, Facebook, Facebook, thats what its all about nowadays. Bebo? Thats for kids! Or as someone said top me, “its the preteens version”! So heres some interesting facebook groups in no Particular order. Vote Yes to the Reform Treaty A group for the supporters of the Lisbon Treaty. Have a sconce. I post interesting stuff there when I find it! Resign, Mr Ahern This group was set up by Gavin of Gavin’s Blog I is one of the most...
Treaty of Lisbon: State of Play, not an update really
John over at Semper Idem has an interesting post about the pitfalls that face the Treaty of Lisbon in the 22 countries left to ratify the Treaty where it may be used as a political football like in Slovakia at the moment. John also has a post about the YFG Lisbon poster competition that I was going to post about but he beat me to it! So I’ll just link to him instead! A body I have left out...
Lisbon Treaty: State of play 8th Feb 2008
Yesterday after I had done all my posting France up and ratified the treaty so hence this post to update the list Austria – Parliamentary Vote. In ProgressBelgium – Parliamentary VoteBulgaria – Parliamentary Vote. In ProgressCyprus – Parliamentary VoteCzech Republic – Parliamentary VoteDenmark – Parliamentary Vote. In ProgressEstonia – Parliamentary Vote. In ProgressFinland – Parliamentary VoteFrance – Parliamentary Vote. Approved : 08/02/2008Germany – Parliamentary Vote. In ProgressGreece – Parliamentary VoteHungary – Parliamentary Vote. Approved : 17/12/2007 Republic of Ireland...
Treaty of Lisbon Episode 3: Efficient and modern institutions
The Treaty of Lisbon will not change the institutional set up of the EU. What it will do is try to make it run that bit smoother. Which is no mean feet! I will look at each institution in turn. European Parliament This is the only directly elected body EU. The new treaty has boosted its powers as regards lawmaking, the EU budget and approval of international agreements, as I outlined in part 2. The composition of the parliament...
Lisbon Treaty: State of Play 7th Feb, 2008
Heres the current state of play for the ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon. It must be ratified by all member states by the 1st of January 2009. So far four memeber states have pass the treaty. I remember doing this for the failed constitution so thought it would be fun to do it for this. Austria – Parliamentary Vote. In ProgressBelgium – Parliamentary VoteBulgaria – Parliamentary Vote. In ProgressCyprus – Parliamentary VoteCzech Republic – Parliamentary VoteDenmark – Parliamentary...
Treaty of Lisbon Part 2: Making the EU more democratic
The Treaty of Lisbon makes changes to the structure of the European Union to try and negate the democratic deficit that exists in its structures. The treaty does this in a number of ways. Increased Role for the European Parliament An explicit role for National Parliaments The introduction of citizens’ initiative Transparency in the Council of Ministers Defines EU Competences Lets look at each of these points in turn. Increased Role for the European Parliament Parliament’s powers have been...
Treaty of Lisbon: Poll
I’ve added a poll on the sidebar of the blog (under the social networking profiles). Please if you are reading anything to do with the Treaty of Lisbon please vote!
Treaty of Lisbon Reasons for a Yes Vote. Part 1
Here is Part one of my series of posts calling for a Yes vote to the treaty of Lisbon. This is an over view. Each subsequent part will deal with a specific issue. The treaty will improve the way the EU works, it will adapt the EU’s institutions to a union of 27, it will ensure the voice of Europe’s nations is heard more loudly in foreign policy. It brings national parliaments into day-to-day decision making to...
Rant: Treaty of Lisbon, Debate so far
I am majorly pissed off over the coverage of debate on this treaty (both blogs and the media!). The majority of coverage has either been negative or about the no camp! I find this amazing the fact that the poll at the weekend from tns/MRBI for the Irish Times showed 66% of Irish voters have yet to decide how to vote in the planned referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. People who are in favour of the treaty need to...
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