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Tag Archives: Europe
TTIP: European Commission Consultation – WE DID IT
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) has featured on this blog several times before. Today, just for a change, there is some good news on this topic. The European Commission launched a consultation on this issue in the … Continue reading
Posted in Behind the Headlines, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
Tagged business, democracy, EU, Europe, ISDS, MPs, participation, Trade, TTIP
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TTIP – the discussion rolls on
The campaigns to stop the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) continue apace. And the same holds true for the Canada EU Trade Agreement (CETA). And we can’t afford to sit back and hope for the best, because our own … Continue reading
Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership – revisited – again! And CETA – the EU – Canadian Equivalent
So now the European Commission Consultation has closed, they are overwhelmed by over 150 000 responses and what do they do? Do they put all the person power they have on analysing the responses, trying to understand why so many … Continue reading
Posted in Behind the Headlines, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, UK-EU
Tagged EU, Europe, European Parliament, ISDS, participation, Trade, transparency, TTIP
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DEMOCRACY – BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE
For most people, the European Elections are over and done with. Move on to the next issue. But there is still much to be said about the results and about the elections themselves. Here in the UK, most of the headlines … Continue reading
The European Parliament is such a waste of money – or is it?
The other day I was chatting to an old friend; we talked about the 10 years I spent working for a small non-governmental organisation doing advocacy work in Brussels. And she said that she just couldn’t see how I could … Continue reading
Posted in UK-EU
Tagged EU, Europe, European Parliament, media, participation, transparency
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Borders and Visas – UK or EU competence?
This post is part of a series about the UK review of the balance of competence between the EU and the Member States (and the UK in particular). For more details about the review as a whole see my earlier … Continue reading
Posted in UK-EU
Tagged Asylum, Balance of Competence Review, EU, Europe, Migration, participation, transparency, UK
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Europe is the most peaceful region, with 13 of the top 20 most peaceful countries
This is the headline in today’s Vision of Humanity e-newsletter. How wonderful. But what does it mean? Or what should it mean to us? On the face of it, I’m not surprised by this. Europe is a region that is … Continue reading
Posted in Behind the Headlines, Politics in context
Tagged armed violence, Europe, France, peace, Syria, UK
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