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Sizing up Russian-NATO relations
June 30 2009Needless to say, Russia-NATO relations have reached a crisis. Of course, relations between post-Soviet Russia and NATO were never really normal, and so we should take the term crisis with a grain of salt. Indeed, one might describe the current crisis as the new normal, a situation that reflects essential differences between the political and military visions and interests of each party. These diff... Read more
New Conservative group united
June 24 2009Conservative Members of the European Parliament were today celebrating 'unity of purpose' for their European Conservative and Reform Group (ECR) in the face of rumours that at least two members were planning to stay in the European Peoples Party (EPP) group. Roger Helmer MEP told EU Reporter that the Conservative MEPs had enjoyed a "first class constituency meeting" and were united.... Read more
New Group in Parliament Confident of Expansion
June 23 2009The new anti-federalist group in the European Parliament says it will continue to attract new members even after it officially declares its membership tomorrow. The new European Conservatives and Reformist Group, which will be dominated by the British Conservatives, who, in accordance of the plans of leader David Cameron and his tough-talking foreign spokesman William Hague, have final... Read more
Brave men....
June 15 2009There are some brave people in politics. Its always easy to identify the individuals, people like Zimbabwe's Morgan Tsvangirai for example. He fought a very dangerous battle against the Mugabe regime, and many observers might feel that he is lucky to be alive today. In fact, just weeks after being sworn in as Prime Minister of his country on February 11th 2009, he was involved in a car crash that ... Read more
Taxpayers aid eurosceptics
May 18 2009The way things are looking it is likely that the parliamentary accounts will be under close scrutiny in the autumn. Read more
War Games in Georgia: Bad Timing!
May 12 2009    NATO exercises currently being conducted in Georgia are ill-timed and provocative, writes Gary Cartwright. Read more
A challenging time for Conservatives
May 07 2009BRUSSELS –OPINION: The British media has a curious view of Brussels and even more so of the European Parliament and its coverage of the Conservative decision to break with the Christian Democrat allies the EPP is a classic example of misconstrued reporting. Read more
Tory resignation no surprise
May 03 2009Conservative members of the European Parliament were dismissing the reported resignation of one of their delegation from the Conservative party as news broke. Christopher Beazley had let it be known that he was resigning from the Conservative Party over the decision to leave the Christian Democrat European People’s Party (EPP).But with only days to go until the final session of the parliame... Read more
An early election
March 25 2009 COMMENTARY: Right wing eurosceptics and outright opponents of the EU had a fine time telling Prime Minister Gordon Brown what they thought of him when he appeared at the European Parliament. Brown smiled broadly at the political jibes and insults and one might ask why. Brown’s statements were clearly pro European, as he has been declaring for some time, although the kind of Europe h... Read more
- March 24 2009 Gordon Brown in the EP
- March 24 2009 Ukraine Split-Up near?
- March 16 2009 Reflections on the European Parliament.
- March 11 2009 European Parliament faces massive pension fund losses.
- March 06 2009 Hillary Clinton in the European Parliament