[Comment] The European Parliament wants a genuinely European foreign policy
Updated: 2010-05-31 16:44:10
NEWS OPINION BLOGS AGENDA CONFERENCES BOOKS VIDEOS WAZ EUOBSERVER HEADLINE NEWS Comment The European Parliament wants a genuinely European foreign policy HEIDI HAUTALA Today 17:44 CET EUOBSERVER COMMENT The existence of the European Union is justified by its ability to defend its member states' values in a constantly more intermingling world . But when it comes to fundamental issues , member states are often divided . Examples include the recognition of Kosovo's independence or EU policy towards Russia . The European External Action Service's EEAS task is to establish clearer and more coherent structures within the relationship between the EU and third countries . There is now a historical chance to achieve a foreign service that meets the challenges of today's world Photo : Aurel Duta
NEWS OPINION BLOGS AGENDA CONFERENCES BOOKS VIDEOS WAZ EUOBSERVER HEADLINE NEWS EU calls for full investigation' into Israeli attacks on humanitarian ship The humanitarian ship under attack was flying a Turkish flag Photo : Tolga Musato VALENTINA POP Today 17:42 CET EUOBSERVER BRUSSELS The EU on Monday asked Israel for a full investigation after its troops killed at least ten people and injured dozens on board a Turkish vessel , part of an international humanitarian flotilla trying to pass through a maritime embargo on the Gaza . Strip I have spoken to minister Lieberman , the foreign minister of Israel . I expressed our deepest concern about the tragedy that has happened . I have said there should be an immediate inquiry by Israel into the circumstances , EU foreign policy chief Catherine
Home News News UK defers energy crisis by begging EU for more time on green agenda News UK defers energy crisis by begging EU for more time on green agenda 28 05 2010 15:03 webmaster 26 Global Print PDF RSS Feeds EU wavering on emission targets has given Drax stay of execution , but our energy crisis has only been deferred by UK begging , says UKIP MEP Godfrey Bloom In July , the EU will finalise its plans to postpone emissions reduction targets by three years , altering the industrial emissions directive . This extends the life of power stations in the UK , such as Drax , which were to be made illegal by the existing legislation , in 2016. This move has been attributed to requests from the UK government and energy suppliers , who say that the UK is not able to afford this . move Green
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, Home News News EU2020 Strategy misses the point , leads to economic chaos News EU2020 Strategy misses the point , leads to economic chaos 19 05 2010 21:22 webmaster 43 Global Print PDF RSS Feeds VIDEO The EU's 2020 Strategy misses the point , quot UKIP MEP Lord Dartmouth said today in the Strasbourg . Hemicycle By 2020, the EU will have become a transfer union' , which transfers money from 12 contributing countries to 23 subsidised countries , quot he told Euro-Parliamentarians debating the EU's 10-year central economic . plan Unfortunately and unfairly , the UK taxpayer is caught up in this . The comparatively impoverished UK is the second largest contributor to the EU budget , quot he . said Under enlargement , by 2020, five new countries will have joined the EU , and more likely ,
Home News News EU wants to govern national budgets when it cannot manage its own News EU wants to govern national budgets when it cannot manage its own 19 05 2010 14:29 webmaster 5 Global Print PDF RSS Feeds VIDEO Speaking in the Strasbourg hemicycle on EU economic governance today , UKIP MEP Marta Andreasen said that although the EU bureaucracy immediately looks around to find someone to blame for the euro crisis , the fact is that it is this bureaucracy that is responsible for the crisis because it brought countries into the Eurozone in the knowledge that their economies were not up to speed . quot The hedge funds may be taking advantage of the situation but they did not cause this crisis , quot Ms Andreasen . added The EU now demands cost reductions . But is it realistic to expect the
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Home News News Lisbon treaty forces UK to pay other countries' debts News Lisbon treaty forces UK to pay other countries' debts 10 05 2010 13:35 webmaster 3 Global Print PDF RSS Feeds Less than six months after the Lisbon treaty took effect , the UK may be forced to pay towards other EU countries' huge deficits , because of a little known clause it . contains Britain's next chancellor will not be able to opt-out of underwriting 13 billion of EU debts because the EU's decision to help indebted Europeans was taken under the treaty's exceptional occurrences'' clause that has stripped Britain of its previous power of . veto UKIP Chairman Paul Nuttall MEP said : Why is it at the time the UK needs to spend every penny it can on reducing it's own deficit , we are instead going to spend 13 billion
Home News News Nigel Farage back home after plane crash News Nigel Farage back home after plane crash 09 05 2010 07:55 webmaster 36 Global Print PDF RSS Feeds UKIP MEP Nigel Farage has been released from hospital and is back home recovering from his injuries sustained in Thursday's plane . crash Speaking on Saturday , Mr Farage said : It's great to be going home , though I feel quite . sore The staff at John Radcliffe Hospital here in Oxford have been fantastic and I'd like to thank them for all the efforts in making sure I received the best care . possible I'd also like to thank the thousands of wellwishers who have sent messages to me and although I can't respond to everyone personally , I want you all to know that I appreciate your concern . quot Nigel Farage secured 17.4 of the vote in
Home News News Nigel Farage injured in plane crash News Nigel Farage injured in plane crash 06 05 2010 12:45 webmaster 8 Global Print PDF RSS Feeds UKIP MEP and President of the Europe of Freedom and Democracy Group Nigel Farage was injured this morning in a plane crash in No rthampton Local reports indicate that Mr Farage was cut free from the wreckage and taken to hospital in Banbury , where his injuries are described as non-life threatening' . The pilot has more serious injuries and has been taken to a specialist spinal injuries unit in . Coventry Mr Farage was a passenger in a plane towing a banner advising people to Vote UKIP' . The aircraft , believed to be a PZL Ozecie PZL-104, was operated by Skybanners . Ltd A full statement will be issued later . today 5 1 2 3 4 5 Comments Carlos
Home News News European Investment Bank helps export jobs not create them Marta Andreasen MEP News European Investment Bank helps export jobs not create them Marta Andreasen MEP 06 05 2010 12:09 webmaster 6 Global Print PDF RSS Feeds VIDEO The European Investment Bank EIB does not create jobs , but exports jobs and imports unemployment , UKIP MEP Marta Andreasen told Euro-Parliamentarians in Brussels . today Speaking during the debate on the European Investment Bank's Annual Report 2008' , Ms Andreasen said she was struck by how projects financed by the EIB involve mostly large companies and few SMEs small and medium sized enterprises Do companies such as General Motors , Electrolux and Arcelor Mittal really need to use the EIB except for the soft terms they offer Ms Andreasen . asked And
Home News News European Union will go same way as Soviet Union Godfrey Bloom MEP News European Union will go same way as Soviet Union Godfrey Bloom MEP 05 05 2010 20:02 webmaster 15 Global Print PDF RSS Feeds VIDEO UKIP MEP Godfrey Bloom today poured cold water on the EU's 10-year central economic plan , the so-called Lisbon Strategy 2020' , comparing the European Union to the Soviet . Union Speaking at the Brussels plenary session , Europe 2020 New European Strategy for Jobs and Growth , quot Godfrey Bloom told Euro-parliamentarians not to worry too much about the EU in 2020 because it will not . last It will go the same way as the Soviet Union which it so resembles and for the same reasons , quot Mr Bloom warned . It is centralised , it's corrupt , it's undemocratic and it's incompetent