News from the European Union that you might not find in the mainstream media.

Working time directive

Thursday, 2nd April 2009

The WTD was passed by parliament on Dec 17th but all directives go to the Council of Ministers who have the final say. The Council did not accept the WTD so, as a disagreement with Parliament, it goes to conciliation. More

Dining out on a budget

Thursday, 18th December 2008

The International Monetary Fund says that Spain's economy will shrink by at least 1.0 percent next year instead of the of 0.2 percent forecast in October, and it risks entering an extended period of stagnation unless sweeping structural reforms are carried out. More

The busy life of an EU trade commissioner

Saturday, 13th December 2008

Back in October there was a great hoo-ha about the appointment of the cipher Baroness Ashton to take up the role of Britain 's EU Commissioner. Was she up to the job? Could she defend Britain's interests? Did she have any experience (better than an economics degree) in global trade and so on? More

Climate: UK toes the Brussels line as usual

Thursday, 27th November 2008

The Germans have expressed doubts about it, the Italians have threatened to veto it, much of Eastern Europe is against it but – predictably – the British government has fallen into line behind Brussels on the EU's ludicrous and unachievable scheme to "fight climate change." More

Germans get cold feet over climate targets

Sunday, 23rd November 2008

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is facing a rebellion among political allies over her support for the EU's lunatic plan to "combat climate change." More

Whose Irish eyes will be smiling?

Monday, 17th November 2008

The Irish government is sparing no effort in manipulating its recalcitrant citizens into voting again on the Lisbon Treaty and this time coming up with the "right" answer. More

Lisbon: big guns trained on Ireland

Tuesday, 21st October 2008

It seems the EU has called in its best legal brains to find a way for the Europhile Irish Taioseach Brian Cowen to persuade his people to vote again on the Lisbon/Constitutional Treaty…and this time to come up with the answer "Yes". The Republic famously gave the treaty the thumbs-down in... More

EU's new £2.5m propaganda drive in US

Thursday, 9th October 2008

Among the millions of pounds that the EU wastes each year, one item of expenditure that seems to have received little publicity is the £2.5 million Brussels will give to American universities over the next three years. More

Tories show their yellow side

Tuesday, 30th September 2008

In a decision that shocked the 500 delegates packed into a fringe venue at the Tory conference in Birmingham, the two leading Conservative Eurosceptic MEPs, Dan Hannan from the South East and Roger Helmer from the East Midlands, both failed to turn up to debate the European Union. More

No such word as 'No'?

Wednesday, 27th August 2008

It was, of course, President Sarkozy who suggested it first, but now an Irish minister is hinting that his recalcitrant countrymen might be offered a second chance to come up with the "right" answer on the Lisbon Treaty. More

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