I have written before why the SWIFT agreement is bad for Europe. This post is an update based on the final agreement and the new arguments that have been brought forward. In short: the situation has not changed and MEPs should reject the SWIFT agreement.

Like many people in Brussels I was following yesterday the election of Jose Manuel Barroso as Commission President in the European Parliament. Specifically I was asking myself what role the Socialist Group in the EP played.

I went to Europarl TV this weekend to watch the speech of Czech President Klaus in the European Parliament. But to my surprise I didn’t find any full video of the speech. The only material available in this context on Europarl TV is a short editorial video about the speech (which is the video you [...]

Given the reactions by MEPs and in the European press I am reproducing the full text of the Speech of Czech President Václav Klaus in the European Parliament last week.

Today, a new special Eurobarometer has been published. It’s topic are the European elections in June 2009.

In addition, one out of five doesn’t know at all about elections to the European Parliament. These are the findings of a new Eurobarometer survey.
The document, with a lot more interesting info, is definitely a must-read for all campaigners who prepare for next year’s European elections.

On Sunday, 25 November, Romania will hold its first European elections. While Romanian MEPs have been already present in the European Parliament as observers and since 1/1/2007 as regular members it is the first time that Romanias will have the possibility to directly elect their candidates to the European Parliament.
Romania 7th largest country in European [...]

There is a drastic difference between two recent speeches by Nicolas Sarkozy: The one in Washington last week and his speech today in Strasbourg.
Sarkozy’s address to the US congress was impressive. His declaration of love to the United States was so full of praise that one could indeed forget that France has ever had a [...]

The European Parliament has recently gathered some hundred EU citizens to discuss major European topics at the European Parliament in Brussels.
The so called Agora has been complemented by an online forum, which allows online discussion of the same topics on a special section on the Parliament’s website. The forum is available in French and English.
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