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December 20, 2007
The link below provides a web based database of EU member state missions in Asia. The goal being to understand where EU member states have embassies or consulates within Asia. EU Member state embassies and consulates in Asia. At this stage we have simply compiled the data and written the code to make the program… » read more
Most Germans say they aren’t benefiting from the country’s economic expansion, a poll conducted by market researcher Forsa showed in December 2007.Eighty-three percent of Germans said economic growth is neither to their personal advantage nor do their friends and relatives profit from it, the poll for stern magazine and RTL television found. Seventeen percent said… » read more
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European Commission, European Union, Germany, Growth, Growth and Jobs, lisbon strategy, Unemployment |
The table below shows the dates chapters for Turkey’s accession process were published and during which Presidency of the Council. While six remain in Council, 10 chapters were published during the German presidency, 8 during the Finnish, and, 4 during the Austrian presidency respectively. Original post by mlpoltic
Extracted from the 2007 Progress report by European Commission. Turkey continues to move forward in the EU accession process. So far out of 33 chapters four have been opened and only one closed (Science and Research). The Commission states that 28 of 35 screening reports (80%) have been delivered to the Council and 6 are… » read more
The following table is drawn from Commission comments in the 2007 progress report on Turkey’s EU accession process which was released 6 Nov 2007. In addition the Commission submitted a revised Accession Partnership document to Council that revises Turkey’s short and medium term priorities. Original post by mlpoltic
November 14, 2007
A 27 page report that summarizes the benefits of EU enlargement to non-EU countries. Here focused on Japan but has broader significance too. Original post by mlpoltic
November 10, 2007
The Commission proposes 9% per annum growth in pre-accession assistance from E1.1bn in 2007 to E1.5bn by 2011 to be shared between Turkey, Croatia, Macedonia, Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, and, Kosovo. In this period the share for Turkey is projected to rise from 45-51% while that of Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro, and, […] Original… » read more
November 8, 2007
The ‘Subject Matter’ list option provides a useful tool to narrow search. http://register.consilium.europa.eu/servlet/driver?typ=&page=Simple?=EN&cmsid=638 Original post by mlpoltic
November 6, 2007
Today some EU journalists might have asked themselves what happened to the online version of the EU press room. The Europeans Union’s main site for announcements and new publications still showed the date of Monday, 5/11/2007 and not a single new item on Tuesday evening. Maybe all available EU webmaster have been busy with the… » read more
Of those Directorate Generals that the Commission classifies as External Relations the table below provides the budget / staff ratio for each DG. DG Budget Share Staff Share External Relations 3,527 3% 2,623 8% Development 1,244 1% 2,120 6% Enlargement 1,065 NM 645 2% Humanitarian Aid 750 NM 213 NM Trade 72 NM 553 2%… » read more
One striking observation is the distribution of budget commitments by DG relatve to staff. For even though External Relations (taken here to include External Relations, Trade, Development, Enlargement, and, Humanitarian Aid) has 18% of Commission staff it garners just 5% of the Euro 124bn budget. While in contrast the 3% of staff in Agriculture […]
The current term of the European Commission expires 31 October 2009 when a fresh President and commissioners will be appointed. There are 40 Directorates-General (DG) in the Commission and can be found at the following link. http://ec.europa.eu/dgs_en.htm Here DGs for Development, Enlargement, Europe Aid, External Relations, Humanitarian Aid, and, Trade are grouped under External Relations.… » read more
October 18, 2007
European leaders will meet in Lisbon today and tomorrow to try and agree on a new EU Reform Treaty which is supposed to give the Union instruments to operate more efficiently after its big enlargement from 15 to 27 members (see International Herald Tribune and the Times). Since the two “No” referenda in 2005 on… » read more
June 24, 2007
Let’s try to cut through all the spin on the Reform Treaty which was put on the IGC rails on Saturday morning 23 June. First of all, the compromise reached is no more and no less than the draft Constitution brought in through the backdoor. In a mockery of the two no-referenda in France and… » read more
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Eu Constitution, European Commission, European Parliament, European Union, Merkel |
June 1, 2007
Do we need a new European treaty in order to save our climate? EU President Barroso certainly seems to think so. According to today’s Financial Times, the Commission President has warned future UK prime minister Gordon Brown not to block a compromise deal on a watered-down European treaty. If the UK would fail to agree… » read more
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Energy and Climate Change, Eu Constitution, European Commission |
