Open Europe informs us that  Europe Minister Caroline Flint admits she has not read the Lisbon Treaty During questions yesterday in Parliament, Europe Minister Caroline Flint admitted that she had not read the Lisbon Treaty in its entirety. Following a series of vague answers on the implications of the Treaty for European ...

Open Europe’s research on the EU’s impact on civil liberties, published yesterday, is reported in the Mail, Telegraph and the Express. EU ministers and the European Commission are currently negotiating a raft of controversial proposals, which are expected to radically increase the EU's role in policing, criminal and security matters.

Yesterday Czech President Vaclav Klaus signed the Lisbon Treaty, completing ratification and paving way for its implementation across the EU by 1 December. The Sun and the Express look at the loss of powers from Britain to the EU as a result of ratification of the Treaty, with the Express quoting Open Europe’s Lorraine Mullally saying, “Unelected EU judges will see their powers bolster...

A new, pan-European campaign called Europe Says No: No to Lisbon, Yes to democracy has been launched. The campaign is being organised by a wide range of people across Europe, and across the political spectrum, who want to see the Lisbon Treaty rejected. In advance of Ireland's outrageous repeat referendum on 2nd October, Europe Says No aims to show how many people across Europe would themselv...

An article on EurActiv featuring an interview with the Swedish Secretary of State for Europe, Maria Asenius, has a headline that reads “EU can function without Lisbon Treaty”. It reports that, several “leading EU politicians digress from the thesis that the Lisbon Treaty is necessary for the effective functioning of the enlarged EU.

The Lisbon Treaty is about to rear its ugly head As talk now turns to the last major elections in the UK before a general election, the focus will begin to fall back on Europe and, in particular, the Lisbon Treaty. Remember the Lisbon Treaty?  The dead duck constitution that was finally consigned to the history books

There is continued coverage of a Red C poll commissioned by Open Europe showing that Irish voters are strongly opposed to a second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, and would vote no by a larger margin than the last time around if a second vote was held. The Irish Independent, in an article discussing Open Europe and its business supporters, reports on the opposition of the Irish Labour Party to a ...

During questions yesterday in Parliament, Europe Minister Caroline Flint admitted that she had not read the Lisbon Treaty in its entirety. Following a series of vague answers on the implications of the Treaty for European defence, Shadow Europe Minister Mark Francois asked, “Has the Minister read the elements of the Lisbon Treaty that relate to defence?”.

A little while ago, I blogged about a (then) secret report by the EU Future Group. That report informed part of the process currently under way to roll out state surveillance and control of individuals across Europe on an unprecedented scale. Today, statewatch.org have released a 60 page report that looks at what is going on, and what is planned, in far more detail. Tony Bunyan, the Director of St...

Anyone familiar with Europe has some idea about the Lisbon treaty. This is a typical piece of welfare state protectionism through state enlargement or "federalism". From what I understand the twenty-seven countries (at last count) within the EU are to ratify (bureaucratic speak for forcing unto "their" populations) a treaty which will streamline the integration of police and other forms of interfe...