Category Archives: European Union
Internal decision-making of the European Commission – A quick guide
So you (think you) know everything about how the EU works? Mastered the intricacies of codecision? Ah, so you already know it is not called codecision anymore, but ordinary legislative procedure. Good. So you probably already know about all the changes brought by the Lisbon Treaty. We all do. What, of course, we still don’t [...]
Posted in European Union Tagged decison-making, EU, European Commission, Institutional, internal, lisbon treaty, procedures 7 Comments
EU geek quiz: What is the Finalisation Written Procedure?
After officially becoming a EU Girl Geek, I decided to give one more try to our (very infrequent) EU geek quiz series. So, digging deeply, for mere academic purposes, into the Commission’s internal rules of procedure, as amended in February 2010, I did not have many difficulties in finding some very geeky details. Now, of [...]
Also posted in Europe Tagged decision-making, EU, EU geek quiz, European Commission, Finalisation Written Procedure, internal rules of procedure 5 Comments
Simon Hix: The State of European Democracy After Lisbon
Simon Hix on The State of European Democracy After Lisbon at the IIEA – The Institute of International and European Affairs.
Also posted in European Debate Tagged democracy, democratic deficit, EU, european democracy, lisbon treaty, simon hix 8 Comments
Belgium takes over. Not.
What will be “sober, plain and simple”? But also “tricky” and “not glamorous”? Estonian Euro coins? No, it is the upcoming Belgian Council presidency – at least this is the characterisation of senior Belgian officials. As we are approaching its start, on July 1st, everyone is eager to hear about the famous presidency priorities. The [...]
Also posted in Europe, European Debate Tagged Belgian Presidency, Belgium, Council Presidency, EU, trio 6 Comments
Con/LibDem coalition: A new role for Britain in the EU?
Probably not. To get an idea what the new Conservative/ LibDem coalition is thinking about the EU you just have to read two short documents: Last week an interesting memo leaked from William Hague who is now the new British Foreign Secretary: The Tory letter on Europe in full. There is also a section in [...]
Also posted in Europe Tagged Britain and the EU, Conservatives, David Cameron, EU, LibDems, Liberal Democrats, Tories, UK, United Kingdom, William Hague 1 Comment
For a cleaner and safer Internet…
Cleanternet.org is a campaign to support European Commissioner Cecilia Malmström in her plans to introduce a website blocking system in Europe.All European countries must be forced to fight for a cleaner and safer Internet. The video is based on a German zensursula video. The producer of the video made several videos that became famous in [...]
Posted in European Union Tagged campaign, Cecilia Malmström, censilia, cleanternet, European Commission, video, website blocking, zensursula 1 Comment
Ashton, the media and a resignation
Lutz Güllner, a spokesperson of Cathy Ashton, has resigned. Obviously, we don’t know the exact reasons but resigning from a job can mean two things. Either you don’t like the job anymore or your boss encourages you to look for something else. Now if you resign after only a couple of months, the job is [...]
Joschka Fischer, die Krise der EU und das Problem aus Karlsruhe