EU Links 19 Feb 2008. EU Politcial Groups
This EU links post shall be all about the EU political groups in the Parliament. For a Group to be formally recognised in the Parliament, it must fulfil the conditions laid down in Rule 29 of the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
It finally gets interesting: Barroso Vs Verhofstadt
I was giving out during the election campaign that the PES didnt have a candidate for Commission President. Despite the fact the PES President Poul Nyrup Rasmussen wants the job, its looking highly...
View ArticleClik here to view.
PES Name Change?
Image via Wikipedia So the new European Parliament is going to be a bit of an Alphabet soup. According to The Lobby blog the Party of European Socialist Grouping in the Parliament is going to change...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Deadlock in the New Parliament?
Image via Wikipedia The newly elected Parliament looks set to become deadlocked over the nomination of the next European Commission President. Jose Manual Barrosso has the backing of the EPP, and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The next Irish Commissioner
Image via Wikipedia There was an article in last night’s Evening Echo (Not online) that basically suggested that it is a two horse race for the Irish Nomination to the new EU Commission in the Autumn....
View ArticleFianna Fail and the Liberals
Things aren’t looking so good for the Fianna Fail Party in their new Grouping in the European Parliament. At the last plenary session they caused hassle by abstaining on a vote on a resolution by the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Boycott Hungary?
An interesting possibility has arisen from ALDE MEP’s. They want to move a meeting of the EU-African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Joint Parliamentary Assembly to Brussels according to Euractiv...
View ArticleClik here to view.
ELDR Party Changes name to ALDE Party.
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (Photo credit: Wikipedia) At the recent European Liberal Democrats Congress in Dublin, the delegates voted to change the name to the Alliance of Liberals...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Irish in Strasbourg
Its been a busy two days so far during this plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Following the re-election of Martin Schulz (DE, S&D) as President of the European Parliament...
View Article
