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Jaanika Erne | 0:12, 22 March 2010
Source: Europa - Press room
On 9th March 2010, the European Commission proposed legislation that hopefully helps people exercise their fair trial rights anywhere in the EU when they cannot understand the language of the case: http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/news/intro/news_intro_en.htm
On 17th March 2010, the European Commission proposed negotiation directives for the EU’s accession to the ECHR: http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/10/84&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
On 18th March 2010, Viviane Reding, the Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship introduced her priority steps for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship in the EU http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/10/108&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
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European Geostrategy | 2:13, 21 March 2010
The reshaping of the global order started essentially with the fall of the Berlin Wall. However, this new emerging order had been in incubation for years. Today, it has reached maturity: this is the Copenhagen Syndrome. And Europeans better get used to it – and redefine their policies accordingly, in recognition of the European interest.
Jaanika Erne | 3:25, 20 March 2010
I did recently translate the decision of the ECtHR as to the admissibility of application No. 14160/08 by Sergey Dolinskiy against Estonia, into the Estonian language. This is about a refused request for a residence permit and the subsequent detainment in the Harku deportation centre. The ECtHR refers to another decision in application No. 10664/05 [...]
Categories / tags: Law & Justice The EU
Alexis Brizzi | 11:11, 15 March 2010
Part II – Why Islam is a religion of Europe
For the vast majority of the European people secularism is one of the pillars of the society they live in.
Medieval European societies were most of the time organized and ruled by the combined authority stemming from the clergy (temporal and moral power) and the monarchs (sovereign [...]
Categories / tags: Democracy & Citizenship Society & Culture The EU Agnostic Atheist Europe Islam Religious Secular
euagriculturebudget | 9:46, 15 March 2010
When member states (finally) released detailed data on the individual recipients of its € 55 billion annual farm subsidies, they unleashed a flurry of media reporting. Public anger on big business and rich (possibly aristocratic) landowners swallowing big chunks of the subsidy pie was rampant. By contrast, knowledge of the distribution of public subsidies across [...]
European Geostrategy | 21:37, 14 March 2010
What is geostrategy? Does it lead to conquest, imperialism and empire? Is it about power and control? It can be those things and it can lead to ruinous behaviour. But does it have to be? Think again…
European Geostrategy | 11:51, 12 March 2010
The President of the European Council stated in his speech to the College of Europe that the European Union needed ‘collective fleet action’ – greater foreign policy co-ordination – but what form should this take? What matters and what does not?
European Geostrategy | 16:36, 10 March 2010
With the Treaty of Lisbon implemented, the new High Representative in power, and movement over the establishment of the European External Action Service, has the time come for a European Union Strategic Defence Review?
European Geostrategy | 1:19, 7 March 2010
The Falkland Islands have once again become a diplomatic storm-in-a-teacup between Argentina and Britain. But what is the geopolitical significance of the Falkland Islands? And why is it in the European interest that Britain keep hold of them?
Jaanika Erne | 1:08, 6 March 2010
To create some more order, here are some links to parliaments and their relations in Europe:
Interparliamentary websites:
COSAC
ECPRD - The European Centre for Parliamentary Research and Documentation
Council of Europe
IPU: Inter-Parliamentary Union
ASGP: Association of Secretaries General of Parliaments
EP Relations with National Parliaments
Exchanging information among parliaments:
IPEX – Interparliamentary EU Information Exchange http://www.ipex.eu/ipex/cms/home;jsessionid=86722EDF4D8F90ED0FF1CB8769797C0D
Database http://www.ipex.eu/ipex/cms/home/Documents;jsessionid=8E75374CDA35008C8558202032D0FCC3
Comments of the European Commission on opinions from national parliaments http://www.ipex.eu/ipex/cms/home/pid/4;jsessionid=86722EDF4D8F90ED0FF1CB8769797C0D
Jaanika Erne | 0:01, 1 March 2010
To create some order, here is a list of EU legislative databases:
EUR-Lex: The portal to European Union law
OEIL: The Legislative Observatory (European Parliament)
PreLex: Monitoring of the decision-making process (European Commission)
N-Lex: A common getaway to national law
Committee of Regions: Subsidiarity Monitoring Network
TOAD: Committee of Regions Database of EU Documents
Council Register
Information sources and contacts: Databases in alphabetical order
By Subject – http://europa.eu/documentation/order-publications/databases-subject/index_en.htm
In alphabetical order – [...]
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