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  • German Constitutional Court approves Lisbon – with provisos

    Carl Gardner
    July 2, 2009

    On Tuesday the Federal Constitutional Court ruled that the Lisbon Treaty is fundamentally compatible with the German Constitution – the Grundgesetz or Basic Law. The judgment is vast and verbose (German/English) but here’s a (still quite […]

    Tags: eu law, europe, german consitutional court, germany, lisbon treaty
  • Ireland’s re-referendum – an absolute scandal

    Carl Gardner
    December 12, 2008

    It’s hard to find the words for how I feel about the proposed second Irish referendum on the Lisbon Treaty: cynical, depressed, angry, frustrated, concerned – all those, and more. This suggestion is an absolute scandal, revealing the authoritarian […]

    Tags: europe, ireland, lisbon treaty
  • Green ink (and a bit of sense) on the Charter

    Carl Gardner
    October 16, 2007

    The Times today has a few letters responding to the government and Lord Wedderburn on the Reform Treaty.

    Robert Gutfreund Walmsley’s letter makes depressing eurosceptic reading. What does he mean by the dual nationality provision? There?s nothing new in […]

    Tags: employment, eu reform treaty, europe
  • Wedderburn at it again

    Carl Gardner
    October 15, 2007

    Writing to the Times, this time, about the Charter again and those cases he mentioned in the Telegraph last week.

    Tags: employment, eu law, eu reform treaty, europe
  • Reform Treaty: President of the European Council

    Carl Gardner
    October 11, 2007

    I was amazed, watching Question Time on the BBC tonight, to hear both Harriet Harman and Simon Hughes suggest that one of the ways the Reform Treaty differs from the EU Constitution is in not providing for a “European President”. […]

    Tags: eu reform treaty, europe
  • Pay and the Social Chapter

    Carl Gardner
    October 11, 2007

    I was interested that at the Conservative conference last week David Cameron made clear a future Tory government will try to opt out of the EU social chapter. Not that that’s new – as this story shows – though […]

    Tags: employment, europe
  • Reform Treaty: European Scrutiny Committee Report

    Carl Gardner
    October 10, 2007

    I broadly welcome the Commons European Scrutiny Committee’s report about the inter-governmental conference on the Reform Treaty.

    The most important point they make is that the Reform Treaty is the “substantial equivalent” of the Constitution. The committee is […]

    Tags: eu reform treaty, europe
  • Learco Chindamo and the law

    Carl Gardner
    August 22, 2007

    I come back from my summer holiday to find there’s been a lot of sound and fury over the last couple of days about the decision of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal that Learco Chindamo, the murderer of Philip […]

    Tags: crime, europe, government, human rights, immigration
  • A Tale of Two ex-Prime Ministers

    Carl Gardner
    July 7, 2007

    As the “Cash for Honours” affair appears to be reaching a climax in Britain – the CPS believe no further investigation is needed, and they can now proceed to advise whether any offences are diclosed by the evidence, and […]

    Tags: cash for honours, crime, europe
  • Health and Safety at Work: UK wins in European Court

    Carl Gardner
    June 18, 2007

    Last Thursday the ECJ gave judgment for the UK in infraction proceedings brought by the Commission. This is a major victory for the UK; and it might even turn out, one day, to be a milestone in the history […]

    Tags: employment, europe
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