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Ireland to say no? - The people’s comment
Tuesday, 06 November 2007

Yesterday we blogged the coverage from Ireland about the Irish Times/TNS MRBI poll which suggested only 25% of people poll would actually vote in favour of the reform treaty. The response in the past 24 hours in Ireland has been interesting.

On Irish Election blog IrishElection.com, the response was small yet one commenter summed it up, in five simple points.

A: It makes it easier to implement a plan by the Commission called CCTB (Common Consolidated Tax Base)

B: The loss of about 50 vetoes including foreign-policy and social-security

C: The new powers for national-parliaments are inadequate and disappointing

D: From 2014, each member state will no longer be automatically entitled to a Commissioner

E: The rotating-presidency of the Council of Ministers is abolished in favour of a 2-yr President

F: The Charter of Fundamental Rights is a serious concern. 
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How three into one will go
Tuesday, 06 November 2007

Last week we blogged a link to Charlemagne’s Blog on Economist.com about the three competing top jobs in the EU.

Another blog this week however (also on Economist.com) has suggested that whilst there are to be three top jobs up for grabs, there is no reason why one person cannot take two jobs, or perhaps all three!

“And what, he asked, makes you think that the next president of the European Commission, and the first president of the European Council cannot be one and the same person? “

Read the blog post in full here.
 
Belgium may yet block Lisbon Treaty signing - and here’s why…
Monday, 05 November 2007
Last week we blogged about the spat between Brussels and Lisbon over the location of the signing ceremony for the new constitution reform treaty, however despite the location of the signing ceremony, Belgium may yet block the signing ceremony.
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Irish Support for Reform Treaty halves in two years
Monday, 05 November 2007
The Irish Times has published an opinion poll from TNS/MRBI which has revealed only 25% of people polled intend on supporting the European Constitution Reform Treaty when it goes to the polls in Ireland, most likely next May/June.
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Où est le texte?
Friday, 02 November 2007
Many ConstitutionWatch readers have emailed saying they cannot find the text of the European Constitution Reform Treaty. It’s available from here , under ‘October 2007'.
 
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