September 20, 2010
Among ordinary citizens, one of the most enduring images of the EU is that of the ‘gravy train’ – MEPs and bureaucrats in Brussels determined to get their hands on as many taxpayer-funded perks as possible. Given the EU’s continuing popularity crisis, …
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August 17, 2010
Euractiv has returned from its summer break with a rather good, albeit concerning, story about concerns over German EU Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger’s extra-curricular activities. It has been revealed that he has been forced to re-submit his ‘…
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February 25, 2010
On his CAP Reform blog Jack Thurston has a story that illustrates one of the many reasons why reforming the EU’s wasteful and protectionist farming policies is so difficult. The post centres on Henrik Høegh, Denmark’s newly appointed Farming Minister,…
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January 6, 2010
We had been forced led to believe by the powers that be that the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty (by hook and by crook) was meant to signal the end of the EU’s internal wrangling and launch the EU into a new decade more outward looking and firmly foc…
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