Archive for April, 2009

 

Petit jeu

Posted by on 30/04/09

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European Internet is under threat - the telecom package side effects

Posted by on 30/04/09

from Blackout Europe www.blackouteurope.eu http://blackouteu.wordpress.com/
Internet access is not conditional
Everyone who owns a website has an interest in defending the free use of Internet… so has everyone who uses Google or Skype… everyone who expresses their opinions freely, does research of any kind, whether for personal health problems or academic study … everyone who shops online…who dates [...]

Something unique in elections: a direct democracy model in Hungary

Posted by on 30/04/09

A Hungarian party would send sixty representatives to the European Parliament in sixty months
YOU can be an EU representative if you want to – according to the campaign rhetoric of a lesser Hungarian party: “you” meaning anyone who joins them. They will select  who goes by drawing lots. If the party [...]

«Elus pour siéger», vraiment?

Posted by on 30/04/09

A l’heure où les partis français jurent, la main sur le cœur, que les futurs députés européens seront «élus pour siéger», voici le rappel des Français qui ont quitté à Strasbourg en cours de mandat, entre 2004 et 2009.
Il y a ceux qui sont partis (vraiment) très peu de temps après avoir été élus:
- Chantal [...]

Xavier Bertrand pirate notre intelligence

Posted by on 30/04/09

Interrogé par Emile Josselin et David Carzon de 20 Minutes, Xavier Bertrand avance les énormités les unes après les autres. Une réponse sur la riposte graduée:
[un député européen] c’est aussi quelqu’un qui vote des textes allant à l’encontre d’une loi française, comme c’est le cas sur la loi Création et Internet…
C’est une stratégie politique de [...]

Swedish MedTech 2009 - Northern Lights burning bright

Posted by on 29/04/09

I’m just back from an extended trip to Sweden where I was invited to present at Swedish Medtech’s AGM (it was my first trip to Sweden so I tagged on a few days leave). Great event and a great country; if you haven’t visited yet, you have to go!
I have always found Swedish people [...]

Captain Europa, le Captain zéro de Libertas

Posted by on 29/04/09

Ca m’avait échappé mais, Captain Europa avait laissé un commentaire sur ce blog.  Ce qui est rigolo c’est que l’IP du commentaire est la même que celle laissée par les commentaires de L pour Libertas sur d’autres blogs et sites. Comme je l’avais démontré, Captain Europa est un site sous-traité par l’Enchanteur pour la campagne [...]

7 things that matter for international development cooperation in the current financial crisis

Posted by on 29/04/09

Amidst all the concern about the effects of the global economic and financial crisis, there has been much analysis about its consequences for the markets, employment, the future nature of capitalism, migration, and the prospects for a green economy. There has been significantly less talk about the setbacks this global financial crisis may have on [...]

Swine Flu Outbreaks Prompt EU Travel Warnings

Posted by on 29/04/09

The European Union’s top health official today urged Europeans to postpone any nonessential travel to the U.S. and Mexico. With more than 1,600 cases and 103 deaths in Mexico, the epicenter of the outbreak, and with confirmed cases in the U.S. doubling to 40, the World Health Organization worries of pandemic potential while [...]

US Congress Starting Work on Climate Legislation

Posted by on 29/04/09

Spurred by the ruling of the Environmental Protection Agency declaring C02 emissions a risk for human health and welfare, the House Energy and Commerce Committee has begun work on what might become one of the most ambitious pieces of legislation passed by Congress.
Its basic contours would resemble EU legislation, in particular a cap and trade [...]

Swedish Presidency R&D priorities - and the winner is…

Posted by Blogactiv Team on 29/04/09

Sweden is one of the innovation leaders in Europe and scores persistently high on relevant benchmarks such as the European Innovation Scoreboard. It is also a place that attracts talent form around the world and embraces diversity in all its forms. And Sweden, as we found out, at our recent briefing on the Swedish Presidency [...]

Petit message à l’attention de Captain Europa

Posted by on 28/04/09

Captain Europa, le troll de Libertas, vient de mettre un nouveau post:
Faut-il en rire ou en pleurer? En pleine crise économiqe mondiale et sans précédent, voici les deux dernières mesures votées par les députés européens :
- les eurodéputés ont adopté vendredi à Strasbourg une résolution encourageant des candidatures féminines à la prochaine élection présidentielle en Afghanistan.
- [...]

Pour une Europe qui protège … Les industriels

Posted by on 28/04/09

Pour une Europe qui protège et plus modestement “Quand l’Europe peut, l’Europe veut” ce sont les deux “remarquables” slogans que l’UMP a fait créer par des créatifs de comm. en petite forme (mais à quel prix ?)
Le ton est à la hauteur de l’engagement de l’UMP, puisque, même François Fillon a été obligé de reconnaître [...]

Bulgarian Parliamentary Elections are scheduled for July 5th

Posted by on 28/04/09

Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov has issued a decree, which scedules Bulgarian elections for Parliament on July 5th.
Meanwhile National Movement for Stability and Progress /NMSP/ will support or initiate actions to refer the 8% voting threshold for coalitions and introduction of majority element to the Constitutional Court.

Swine flu - cases reach Europe

Posted by on 28/04/09

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Euractiv reports on the cases found in Europe.
 
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The EU should auction Fishing Quotas

Posted by on 28/04/09

Overfishing of the seas has become a global issue.
Traditionally fish has been a common good like fresh water or air to which everybody had free access, without any restrictions or payments.
But as the demand for fish  increased in the course of the 20th century, due to growing numbers of people able to afford fish food, [...]

Quelque part, perdu dans la galaxie…

Posted by on 28/04/09

Touteleurope met à jour sa carte des blogs européens. Un chouette outil pour découvrir d’autres blogs et sites.

EU fisheries warning on climate change

Posted by Blogactiv Team on 28/04/09

If you want a flavour of the political challenges we face in dealing with global climate change, then take a look at European fisheries. It’s a disaster area! We should heed the warnings it sends.
For year after year political expediency has triumphed over the evident need for drastic action to save a vital resource from [...]

Commission Debate 6: Proof that the Commission must be independent and that there never were national Commissioners

Posted by on 27/04/09

First step: Read the Treaties!
Here’s what Europe’s founding treaty says: “Members … shall exercise their functions in complete independence, in the general interest of the Community. In the fulfilment of their duties, they shall neither solicit nor accept instructions from any government or from any organization. They shall abstain from [...]

Bogus Signature Lists for Party Registration in Bulgaria

Posted by on 27/04/09

The Bulgarian Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) has accused the Turkish ethnic party Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) of making bogus lists for the registration of UDF for the elections. UDF claims that MRF members in Razgrad have started collecting signatures for support of the party registration in a fake list in order to [...]