EU Constitution

The headlong rush to get the Reform Treaty ratified by 1st January 2009 is so that there can be ‘elections’ on a regional basis to the European Parliament later in the year, which under the EU Constitution will be a rubber stamp parliament ruled over by the European Commission and the Council of Europe, run by EU commission president Jose Manuel Barroso until the new Presidential office is set up.

Archive 2008-12-01 2008

The headlong rush to get the Reform Treaty ratified by 1st January 2009 is so that there can be ‘elections’ on a regional basis to the European Parliament later in the year, which under the EU Constitution will be a rubber stamp parliament ruled over by the European Commission and the Council of Europe, run by EU commission president Jose Manuel Barroso until the new Presidential office is set up.

[juggernaut] roll on february 2008

Recall the overwhelming rejection by French and Dutch voters of a proposed EU Constitution in 2005.

A Greek Lesson in Democracy 2011

EU Constitution industry africa opposition school chirac eurozone

Tobias Schwarz | afoe | A Fistful of Euros | European Opinion 2010

EU Constitution inflation political immigrants membership football

Kosovo snips another cord | afoe | A Fistful of Euros | European Opinion 2010

The Lisbon Treaty, like the EU Constitution would have, puts this idea of post-democracy into practice in a number of concrete ways.

How the Irish Can Save Civilization (Again) 2009

When I asked Jean-Luc Dehane, who was part of the team that drafted the now-dead EU Constitution, which formed the basis of the Lisbon Treaty, he dismissed the importance of the post altogether.

Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2009

When I asked Jean-Luc Dehane, who was part of the team that drafted the now-dead EU Constitution, which formed the basis of the Lisbon Treaty, he dismissed the importance of the post altogether.

Hail President Blair? 2009

Stuart Wheeler is heroically trying to make this case now over Brown reneging on his manifesto pledge to hold a referendum on the renamed EU Constitution.

Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2008

Stuart Wheeler has been granted permission to hold a High Court hearing over the Government's refusal to hold a referendum on the renamed EU Constitution.

Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2008