Jon Worth needs to be recognised for services to European Union blogging – he like I has been casting an eye towards Prague and the first two weeks of the Czech EU presidency. It’s not been good – but maybe after President Klaus’s visit to Ireland late last year and that dinner with Chairman Ganley [...]
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Image via Wikipedia While we’re busy watching the government nationalise a bank on our behalf you may not notice proposals announced today in London which will see the end of the common travel area. The Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill will see changes in citizenship rules including a requirement to speak English, and require those [...]
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The European Commission think that Europe’s Kinder need to know about where they get their milk from and how animals should be minded! So the Directorate General for Health and Consumers got someone to design a computer game for them complete with a scantily clad French female farmhand. Farmland – The Game looks like it [...]
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Image via Wikipedia Back from Brussels where I took part in a press trip organised by the European Commission representation in Ireland.* You’ll be reading a lot in the coming days about a Financial Stimulus package proposed by the European Commission after a request for same from the Council of Ministers last month. Details [...]
Tags:Brian Cowen·Charlie McCreevy·EU·European Commission·European Union·Secretary General of the European Commission
Image via Wikipedia EU Commission Representation in Ireland: ‘Would you like to go on the next press trip to Brussels?’ Me: ‘Yes‘ So here I am spending the day in Brussels with some other bloggers and Irish Political Correspondents. There are lots of briefings planned and lunch with Ireland’s EU Commissioner. More from ‘the day [...]
Image by TPCOM via Flickr This is a new phrase I learnt which is in use by the European Movement referring to Ireland’s choices on EU membership at the moment. . (When I heard it first it gave me memories of school bus tours and wanting to …ok you know the song.) The European Movement is a [...]
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Tonight you get a chance to ask questions of the EU commissioner in charge of how the EU talks to it’s citizens. Margot Wallström is Vice President of the European Commission in charge of Institutional Relations and Communication since August 2004. She is currently visiting Dublin and tonight will be interviewed by Ursula Halligan at [...]
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Image via Wikipedia As will become clearer later in the week I’m heading eastwards for a while in my blog reading. Anyone got good suggestions for blogs regarding the European Union/Commission/Parliament? I’m aware of the blogging commissioners (no Charlie McCreevy – his would be good for racing tips if it did exist!) but if there [...]
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