Let’s try to cut through all the spin on the Reform Treaty which was put on the IGC rails on Saturday morning 23 June.
First of all, the compromise reached is no more and no less than the draft Constitution brought in through the backdoor. In a mockery of the two no-referenda in France and [...]
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After the summit: time for a two-vision Europe
Posted in Eu Constitution, European Commission, European Parliament, European Union, Merkel on 24 June, 2007 | 2 Comments »
A carbon-neutral parliament is not enough
Posted in Climate change, European Parliament, European Union on 23 May, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It is amazing what media attention can do. Now that all of them have seen the green light (or is it the “inconventient truth”?), politicians are trying to compete for becoming the climate champion of the year, the “EU Al Gore”. If ever the thesis about our “spectacle” democracy needed any confirmation, we can find [...]
