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There has been some talk about how the Irish Referendum vote stops further EU integration. So it is interesting to see that French plans to have a referendum when a country with five per cent of the EU population as a whole (i.e. Turkey) wants to join has failed in the French Senate. Resulting in the law which requires a vote on any nation after Coratia to join.
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Here’s the Dept of Finance statement issued late last evening about the Minister’s discussion with the banks. I think we know why some banks didn’t want to be in the guarantee scheme: those in the scheme can be made an offer they can’t refuse: to merge.
Mary Harney’s expensive trip to Houston and Phoenix.
The FAS/Florida row is not the only time the issue of her travel costs has arisen.
techPresident – The Future of Campaign Technology: The Ground Game
Irish Parties looking at learning online and database lessons from Obama could do worse than bear this post in mind. Almost as soon as the election is over, improvements and evolution are making some parts redundant and others essential. Get your campaign an i-phone for everyone? Might be better than printing flyers, it goes to show how parties, if they take it seriously, need to keep ahead of the wave - not just follow.
Colman at the EuroTrib give his reasoning on why Lisbon is dead. The Government's incapable handling of the budget cuts are the nail in the coffin.
Fine Gael’s Leo Varadkar offers his view on how the SBP Opinion Poll would translate in an election.
when you want to blame europe for the result you dont hold a referendum but you say the commission forced us to do it the bastards and when you want to gain cover from making a hard decision that the EU elite might dislike you go the people forced us to do it the bastards. its a pick and mix approach. certainly makes it harder on accession states. I wonder though will europe look to increase from here on in by having special agreements with surronding countries. i.e you are not in the eu and never will be but we’ll treat you like Norway. How keen would the French and German axis be to further expand the centre of Europe to the east. I spoke to a belgian colleague recently who stressed he would have been quite happy with remaining at the original 12 and he would be very pro eu.
This is welcome, given how the last Enlargement was exploited to further the race to the bottom in employment standards and job security. Methinks Sarkozy was preparing to sellout on Turkey and that is why his government was pushing for the scrapping of the referendum requirement.