irishtimes.com Breaking News:
The former mayor of Galway Niall Ó Brolcháin is the Green Party’s nominee for the Seanad vacancy caused by the election of Labour’s Alan Kelly to the European Parliament in June. (Read More)
EUnews:
A senior Member of the European Parliament on Monday criticised the US and China as the "biggest failures" on climate change after Asia-Pacific leaders buried hopes of forging a binding pact to combat global warming. (Read More)
EurActiv.com:
Involving national and regional actors in communicating EU policies is essential for raising awareness and stimulating debate on European issues among ordinary citizens, heard stakeholders attending EurActiv's 10th anniversar (Read More)
Bloggingportal.eu - Today's posts:
The rules before the Lisbon Treaty declare that the Commission President is nominated by a qualified majority of the governments, and is accepted or rejected by a majority in the European Parliament. These rules have allowed (Read More)
www.thenewfederalist.eu:
The Sakharov Prize 2009 of the European Parliament for the Freedom of Thought goes Russian. The organization “Memorial” for the defence of civil rights, from Moscow, has been awarded the prize directly by the EP President J (Read More)
Telegraph Europe:
Tom Wise the former MEP sent to prison for stealing expenses was given the 'all clear' in a cover up by the European Parliament's authorities before investigators called in the police. (Read More)
EurActiv.com:
Involving regional and local actors in communicating EU policies is essential for raising awareness and stimulating debate on European issues among ordinary citizens, heard stakeholders attending yesterday's (12 November) Eur (Read More)
EurActiv.com:
Members of the European Parliament this week urged EU member states to step up their efforts to ensure the Services Directive is implemented into national law within the agreed deadline of 31 December 2009, but more important (Read More)
Reuters: Oddly Enough:
LONDON (Reuters) - A former far-right British member of the European Parliament who cheated on his expense money to buy fine wine and a car was jailed on Wednesday for two years.
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Bloggingportal.eu - Today's posts:
In the run-up to the 2009 European Parliament elections, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s selections as female candidates for his People of Liberty party caused a significant stir for their lack of political experie (Read More)
Gideon Rachman's Blog:
I was intrigued to see the news today of the imprisonment of Tom Wise, a former member of the European Parliament for the highly Eurosceptic UK Independence Party (UKIP) - who want Britain to leave the EU.In retrospect, I got (Read More)
euronews:
Czech former president and dissident Vaclav Havel has delivered an ode to solidarity and universal human dignity in the European Parliament. He was…. (Read More)
EurActiv.com:
Online resources and social media play a key role in helping politicians shape policies in Europe and the US alike, according to a new survey which found members of the European Parliament lagging behind when it comes to enga (Read More)
Financial Times:
Foreign secretary David Miliband has rejected high office in Brussels in favour of staying in British politics, according to his supporters in the European parliament. He appears to have set his sights on succeeding Gordon Br (Read More)