Czech bounced from EU Parliament group after bank ‘fraud’
January 4, 2016
A bank fraud scandal has led to a Czech being bounced out of the hard-left GUE/NGL group in the European Parliament.
Posted by Heard in Europe
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January 4, 2016
A bank fraud scandal has led to a Czech being bounced out of the hard-left GUE/NGL group in the European Parliament.
Posted by Heard in Europe
November 27, 2015
Le phénomène de la criminalité organisée devient, de jour en jour, un défi majeur pour l’Union européenne puisque il « représente une menace pour les citoyens européens, les entreprises, les institutions gouvernementales et l’économie dans son ensemble ». Si c’est seulement à partir des années 90 que l’Union européenne a commencé à légiférer et… » read more
Posted by EU-Logos
The euro is pulverising European democracy. It is destroying democracy not only in Greece but in all other members of the euro zone. It is also destroying people’s hopes for a real democracy at the European level. It has caused a huge rift from north to south and between the crisis-ridden Euro Zone and EU… » read more
corruption, Delors, democracy, EMU, European Monetary Union, Five Presidents, Parliament, Schuman, supranational , euro, Greece, referendum |
July 3, 2015
In world monetary history, some currencies have lasted more than a thousand years. That won’t happen with the present euro. Its self-destruction is as certain as anything in politics. What is now urgent is to reform the currency on a solid basis. It will be a world-beater. A sound currency must retain a long-term store… » read more
alter-globalist, corruption, Juncker, Marx, Schuman, Soviet, Syriza, Tsipras, Varoufakis |
June 12, 2015
At the European Parliament, the Tax Rulings committee is moving forward on Alain Lamassoure’s investigation. The Chair’s next step should be to interview the CEOs of big companies – if they agree to come over. They also plan on speaking to French Commissioner Pierre Moscovici, who has been invited to testify on the 2nd of… » read more
Posted by Heard in Europe
The Political Italian History of the past 20-plus years has shown that there is no more real demarcation between parties once “political”, between party ideologies, and especially among approaches to public management and / or national and international economic policy that still justify the presence of blocks of political power (the so-called parties) that had… » read more
Posted by New Politics & Economics Actions
blogactiv, corruption, democracy, European Citizens' Initiative, Global Europe |
The Political Italian History of the past 20-plus years has shown that there is no more real demarcation between parties once “political”, between party ideologies, and especially among approaches to public management and / or national and international economic policy that still justify the presence of blocks of political power (the so-called parties) that had… » read more
March 23, 2011
It appears to me that the term ‘lobbying’ is not very clear in Austria. Disgraced former MEP Ernst Strasser boasted that he was both a lobbyist and an MEP. His successor, Hubert Pirker owns a lobbying firm yet he believes that he is not a lobbyist. If the European Parliament wants to avoid more embarrassment,… » read more
March 12, 2011
INTERVIEW:Dr. FLORIN CHIRCULESCU Florin Chirculescu is the chief of the Thoracic Surgery Department at the “Spitalul Universitar” Hospital of Bucharest. He is also the trade union leader of the Doctors’ Federation “Dr I. Cantacuzino”. In February 2009, surgeon Florin Chirculescu addressed a public letter to Ion Bazac, who was, at the time, Romania’s Ministry of… » read more
January 4, 2010
Six months ago, half-way through his mandate and without any valid explanation, then Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader announced that he was resigning from his position as head of Government and that of head of the majority HDZ party. To journalists’ questions about the reasons of that completely unexpected move, Sanader had simply said: “I… » read more
December 28, 2009
On Saturday night, a journalist friend of mine introduced me to Ivo Josipović, the Presidential Election candidate of the opposition Social-Democratic Party. We chatted a few minutes on the street, and he said that current Zagreb Mayor Milan Bandić would be an easier opponent for him in the second round, as the vote in that… » read more
corruption, Croatia, English, Ivo Josipovic, Milan Bandic, presidential election |
November 26, 2009
(Last updated on 02.12.2009) Is the “swine flu pandemic” just a huge corruption affair, the Russian newspaper Novye Izvestya is asking in its Nov 25th article referring to the outcomes of an investigation carried out by Danish reporters (Information.dk 2009). According to the publication, World Health Organisation (WHO) consultants who have given themselves out… » read more
A/H1N1, affair, conflict, consumer, corruption, disease, drug, English, flu, health, immunisation, immunization, industry, inform, interest, investigation, level, organisation, pandemia, pandemic, payroll, pharmaceutical, profit, proper, swine, threat, vaccination, vaccine, WHO, world |
September 16, 2009
Sir, Regarding ‘Barroso warns opponents not to weaken Europe’: I would like to share with you my personal view on why José Manuel Barroso should not be re-elected as president of the Commission of the European Communities (alias the European Commission). I would not support Mr. Barroso for a second term because:… » read more
What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say. Ralph Emerson Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing. Edmund Burke The hypocrisy of the European Institutions has been the focus of public debate ever since the… » read more
account, anti-fraud, blow, bookkeeping, budget, Buitenen, change, combat, commission, Communities, Community, conflict, corruption, Council, democracy, democratic, dismiss, double, English, entry, failure, false, financial, fraud, hypocrisy, illegal, institution, integrity, interest, interpret, Irish, irregularities, Law, Lisbon, loss, loyalty, management, Member, MEP, mismanagement, Office, OLAF, Parliament, phoney, president, pretence, safety, transparency, transparent, Treaty, Union, valve, whistle, whistleblower, whistleblowing, wikileaks, wrongdoing |
August 24, 2009
In general, the powerful and influential in our society shape the laws and have great influence on the legislator and on the Parliament, this creates a rockets to change, because the powerful or the influential have caught up for themselves or have inherited a privileged position in the society. – Jimmy Carter 1974 The real… » read more