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Euro survival: it’s all up to the Greeks for now
Friday, February 12th, 2010UK to sell Dover to France
Monday, February 8th, 2010
One could be forgiven for checking the calendar when reading a headline like this just to make sure it isn’t April 1st. It isn’t. In a reversal of Britain’s two century ownership of Calais from 1347 onwards, …read more
The EU and Euro in crisis, but too big to fail
Friday, February 5th, 2010MPs anger over Turkey joining the EU
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010Why we should never give up our national sovereignty on taxation to the EU
Friday, January 22nd, 2010Kraft Foods cleared to buy Cadbury
Thursday, January 7th, 2010
BRUSSELS -The European Commission has now cleared the way for the take-over of Cadbury by the U.S company Kraft Foods Inc by the way of public offer after the commission concluded that the deal would not impede competition anywhere in Europe.
The deal is conditional upon …read more
Gordon gives more taxpayers’ money away
Friday, December 11th, 2009
In a move he called ‘doing the right thing’ Gordon Brown had pledged a total of £1.5 billion to the EU to fight climate change. This is 23% of the total of £6.5 billion announced by the EU. Initially the UK had agreed to match French and German contributions of £1.2 billion, but at the last minute the Prime Minister gave another £300 million more in a move to encourage others to increase their commitments. …read more
Climate Change: A Security Challenge
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
BRUSSELS - Global warming, threatens to accentuate existing threats and risks in the developing world as well as in industrialised countries. It is the leading reason for developing security policies around the globe. The civil-military stabilisation of distant conflicts is a matter of high importance for the security of Europe.
Europe’s environmental outlook for the 21st century is bleak. A report by the European Environment Agency, is predicting that the European continent would suffer more from global warming than other parts of the world. …read more
Mother kills self, baby and unborn child over benefits
Friday, December 4th, 2009On June 13th this year a young French woman of 32 living in Britain threw herself off a balcony killing herself, her unborn child and her baby son. The reason? Her benefits had been withdrawn and there was no immediate prospect of having them reinstated. The story in yesterday’s Express is a depressing one.
Whatever your views of benefit claimants and the status of those from within or outside the EU claiming benefits in this country, …read more
EU bureaucrats to get 3.7% pay rise
Friday, November 27th, 2009
Just when workers across the EU are losing their jobs, having their pay frozen or maybe even taking a pay cut just to keep their jobs, the EU Bureaucrats are to receive a nice little pay rise of 3.7% next year. The new President of the EU Council, the Belgium Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy, is expecting a cool £320,000 a year salary as it is. This pay deal could add as much as £40m to the £1bn European Commission wage bill. The average inflation across the EU now stands at 0.5%. …read more
Economic power bid by EU President
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010…read more
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