Tag Archives: EU

June 30, 2010

Why are there not more MPs, MEPs and elected representatives using new media?

I don’t often post about using the web, being web-savvy to use the jargon. However, I was inspired to write something today by this excellent post on LabourList As a web user – blogger and Twitterer with a serious Facebook … Continue reading →

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Tagged as EU, Harriet Harman, Labour Leadership election

March 3, 2010

President Van Rompuy Proves he is a Man of Vision

You may be forgiven for all the misconceptions you probably have about Herman Van Rompuy, the newish President of the European Council. He didn’t get much coverage in the UK when he was Prime Minister of Belgium, and most of … Continue reading →

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Tagged as Cathy Ashton, Climate Change, Copenhagen, EPLP, EPP, EU, european parliament, European Union, G20, Glenis Willmott, Herman van Rompuy, Marc Tarabella, President of the European Council, Richard Corbett, Socialist and Democrat Group, Tobin tax

February 24, 2010

New Challenges for European Universities

Yesterday in the Culture and Education Committee we held a hearing called “Europe’s Universities – Responses and Challenges” which focussed on how best Universities can equip young people with the skills the need to get good jobs once they graduate. … Continue reading →

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Tagged as Culture and Education Committee, Erasmus, EU, Florian Kaiser, GDP, Leonardo, Professor Sir Howard Newby, Universities

February 23, 2010

Culture and Education Committee to Tackle Agents in Sport

Since the Lisbon Treaty, the European Parliament has been given extra powers in the area of sport, with the Culture and Education Committee taking the lead. So, yesterday in a meeting of the coordinators from each political group we decided … Continue reading →

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Tagged as Culture and Education Committee, EU, european commission, european parliament, football, Paul Stretford, Player's Agents, the Lisbon Treaty, Wayne Rooney

January 25, 2010

Better Protection for Temporary Workers

Regulations for temporary and agency workers emanating from the European Union were laid before the British Parliament last week. This is an important piece of legislation which protects some of the most vulnerable members of our workforce. Because of this, … Continue reading →

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Tagged as agency and temporary workers, Brendan Barber, Dave Prentis, EU, TUC, UNISON

January 21, 2010

Lack of Foreign Languages is bad for young Britons

Both the Guardian and the Daily Mail today feature articles about the parlous state of modern language teaching in British schools. Reading these two pieces you could be forgiven for not knowing that the EU requires all member states to … Continue reading →

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Tagged as Daily Mail, EU, European languages, The Guardian

January 11, 2010

Catherine Ashton maximum points, Charles Tannock none whatsoever

I have just finished listening to Baroness Ashton at her Commissioner Hearing before the Foreign Affairs, Development, Budgetary Control, Trade and Constitutional Affairs Committees. I have to say she did extremely well. Cathy dealt ably with questions on everything from what … Continue reading →

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Tagged as Cathy Ashton, Charles Tannock, CND, Commissioner Hearings, EU, European Union, Jose Manuel Barroso, Labour Party, Lisbon Treaty

October 21, 2009

I support Tony Blair for President (even though I was against the Iraq War)

Now is the time, I believe, for all good men and women to stand up and be counted. I believe Tony Blair is not only the right person to be the new President of the European Council, but the only … Continue reading →

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Tagged as Barack Obama, Britain, Czech Republic, EU, Henry Kissinger, High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Iraq War, Lisbon Treaty, President of the European Council, President Vaclav Klaus, Tony Blair

October 7, 2009

Europeana – Europe’s Digital Library

You can now access books, journals, films, maps etc from across Europe via the EU’s online library, Europeana. It’s a great idea but it’s not all plain sailing: web copyright rules are not the same in all EU countries, there … Continue reading →

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Tagged as Culture and Education Committee, Doris Pack, EU, EU's online library, european commission, European museums, Europeana, libraries