Sep
01

Rage finds an outlet : Germany finally elects a sceptic

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From England Expects we learn that the people are beginning the fight back in Germany.

Bürger in Wut (BIW) is a new German political party, (its name translates roughly as Citizens in Rage) of a eurocritical bent.

They
stood for election earlier this year in the Free Hanseatic City of
Bremen as it calls itself. The Bremen Parliament (Bürgerschaft) has a
twin role as the elected City Council of Bremen (Stadtbürgerschaft) and
the Parliament of the State of Bremen (Landtag). It has 83 members (68
from Bremen and 15 from Bremerhaven). The 68 members elected in the
city of Bremen have a dual mandate: They are Members of Parliament and
Members of the City Council.

BIW also participated but missed
the 5 % minimum required by a single vote getting 4.998%. However there
were some complaints abbout the way the election was handled and there
was a re-election in one ward Bremerhaven on 6th July 2008. In this
ward district BIW picked up 27% of the votes, so that the total result
is 5,29 percent, that means one seat in the Bremen parliament. Jan
Timke, as the BIW top candidate, will be taking up his seat soon.

People in the UK have just got to stop watching soaps and drinking the tap water, then maybe they too will wake up, snap out of their apathy and start fighting back.

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Sep
01

Rage finds an outlet : Germany finally elects a sceptic

IanPJ Main Page 1 comment

From England Expects we learn that the people are beginning the fight back in Germany.

Bürger in Wut (BIW) is a new German political party, (its name translates roughly as Citizens in Rage) of a eurocritical bent.

They
stood for election earlier this year in the Free Hanseatic City of
Bremen as it calls itself. The Bremen Parliament (Bürgerschaft) has a
twin role as the elected City Council of Bremen (Stadtbürgerschaft) and
the Parliament of the State of Bremen (Landtag). It has 83 members (68
from Bremen and 15 from Bremerhaven). The 68 members elected in the
city of Bremen have a dual mandate: They are Members of Parliament and
Members of the City Council.

BIW also participated but missed
the 5 % minimum required by a single vote getting 4.998%. However there
were some complaints abbout the way the election was handled and there
was a re-election in one ward Bremerhaven on 6th July 2008. In this
ward district BIW picked up 27% of the votes, so that the total result
is 5,29 percent, that means one seat in the Bremen parliament. Jan
Timke, as the BIW top candidate, will be taking up his seat soon.

People in the UK have just got to stop watching soaps and drinking the tap water, then maybe they too will wake up, snap out of their apathy and start fighting back.

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Sep
01

Czech Constitutional Court starts Lisbon Treaty scrutiny

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The Czech Constitutional Court is now prepared to start examining the
Lisbon Treaty to decide whether it is consistent with the country's
constitution, the body's chairman said in Prague on 31 August.

Court chairman Pavel Rychetsky said he expects the court to
concentrate on the seven passages against which a complaint was filed,
?TK reported. He added that he was not able to tell how long the judges
would be discussing the case. 

The Senate, which is dominated by senior eurosceptics from the
ruling Civic Democrats (ODS), asked the court to check the treaty's
compatibility with the Czech Constitution in April. 

The ratification process was complicated by the fact that Ireland said 'no' to the treaty in a referendum in June. 

Current EU Presidency holder France, alongside other EU countries,
wants all 26 member states to ratify the treaty as soon as possible to
put pressure on Ireland to re-vote. There are no other “problematic
countries” after the Czech Republic and Poland, experts say. The Czech
Republic will take over the EU Presidency from France on 1 January
2009. 

But even if the Czech Constitutional Court does declare the new
treaty constitutional, parliamentary ratification is far from certain.
While the lower chamber is expected to approve the text, the outcome in
the Senate cannot be predicted due to a strong eurosceptic faction
within the ruling ODS of Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek, which has a
majority there. 

Also, Eurosceptic Czech President Vaclav Klaus recently confirmed
that he will not sign his country's Lisbon Treaty ratification unless
Ireland ratifies it first (EurActiv 25/07/08). 

Former Czech president Vaclav Havel said recently that he would like
the Lisbon Treaty ratification process to end by the end of the year,
before the beginning of the Czech EU Presidency. 

Havel added that if the court rules that the Lisbon Treaty and the
Czech Constitution contradict one another, there would be good reason
to change the country's constitutio

rrect, that would involve….A Referendum.

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Czech Constitutional Court starts Lisbon Treaty scrutiny

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The Czech Constitutional Court is now prepared to start examining the
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Court chairman Pavel Rychetsky said he expects the court to
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The Senate, which is dominated by senior eurosceptics from the
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compatibility with the Czech Constitution in April. 

The ratification process was complicated by the fact that Ireland said 'no' to the treaty in a referendum in June. 

Current EU Presidency holder France, alongside other EU countries,
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But even if the Czech Constitutional Court does declare the new
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While the lower chamber is expected to approve the text, the outcome in
the Senate cannot be predicted due to a strong eurosceptic faction
within the ruling ODS of Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek, which has a
majority there. 

Also, Eurosceptic Czech President Vaclav Klaus recently confirmed
that he will not sign his country's Lisbon Treaty ratification unless
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Former Czech president Vaclav Havel said recently that he would like
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01

Czech Constitutional Court starts Lisbon Treaty scrutiny

IanPJ Main Page Add you comment

The Czech Constitutional Court is now prepared to start examining the
Lisbon Treaty to decide whether it is consistent with the country's
constitution, the body's chairman said in Prague on 31 August.

Court chairman Pavel Rychetsky said he expects the court to
concentrate on the seven passages against which a complaint was filed,
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The Senate, which is dominated by senior eurosceptics from the
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compatibility with the Czech Constitution in April. 

The ratification process was complicated by the fact that Ireland said 'no' to the treaty in a referendum in June. 

Current EU Presidency holder France, alongside other EU countries,
wants all 26 member states to ratify the treaty as soon as possible to
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But even if the Czech Constitutional Court does declare the new
treaty constitutional, parliamentary ratification is far from certain.
While the lower chamber is expected to approve the text, the outcome in
the Senate cannot be predicted due to a strong eurosceptic faction
within the ruling ODS of Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek, which has a
majority there. 

Also, Eurosceptic Czech President Vaclav Klaus recently confirmed
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Ireland ratifies it first (EurActiv 25/07/08). 

Former Czech president Vaclav Havel said recently that he would like
the Lisbon Treaty ratification process to end by the end of the year,
before the beginning of the Czech EU Presidency. 

Havel added that if the court rules that the Lisbon Treaty and the
Czech Constitution contradict one another, there would be good reason
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