The European Court of Justice has told Sweden that it must implement a 2006 measure requiring telecom operators to store information about their customers’ phone calls and emails. The European Union directive, known as the Data Retention Directive, was approved by Brussels in March 2006, but Sweden has yet to implement the measure more than three years after its passage. The Swedish government conceded... 

To recap, the European Union is comprised of 27 sovereign nations in a common trading bloc, the purpose of which is to compete as a collective more effectively with the world’s economic powerhouses of the US, Japan and now China. It was born of the old “Common Market”. Of those 27 nations, 16 have chosen to also band together under a common currency – the euro. Responsibility... 

Mr President, the horror of Haiti is shocking, and it is only human to feel compassion for the innocent victims of this natural disaster. All here are well paid and can afford to give. I will give my attendance allowance for today, if every other British M.E.P. will do the same. But our constituents cannot afford your generosity with their taxes. Globalism has destroyed our industries, the banks have... 

Haiti Earthquake The European Union on Monday pledged nearly $200 million in short-term aid to help Haiti recover from the earthquake and is earmarking almost $300 million in longer-term assistance. Individual European countries have also pledged more than $100 million. European Union ministers meeting in Brussels agreed to boost support for Haiti, ravaged by a devastating earthquake that struck last... 

Viktor Yanukovych Opposition Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych has a more than 10% lead over his closest rival Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in Ukraine’s Sunday presidential election with 99.5% of the ballots counted. Viktor Yanukovych is a slavic patriot and pro Russia unlike Tymoshenko wich has been accused by some Ukrainian politicians to be Jewish. It is unclear if Tymoshenko is... 

Eric Besson Eric Besson ~ master mind doesn’t see France as being a country.. so has set in motion a plan to accelerate the mass movement of peoples from the Islamic world. And crack down on individual rights – i.e. to protect Islam! All behind everyone’s back !! The EU burning a candle at both ends By way of the ever reliable Reinhard. The Tundra Tabloids is handed an excellent example... 

Czech Cardinal Miloslav Vlk, the Archbishop of Prague A leading Catholic cardinal has said Europeans only have themselves to blame for allowing Islam to conquer the continent. Czech Cardinal Miloslav Vlk, the Archbishop of Prague, said Muslims were well placed to fill the spiritual void “created as Europeans systematically empty the Christian content of their lives”. “Europe will... 

A scheme to relax immigration laws to allow tens of thousands of unskilled workers to enter the country to build Olympic sites is being drawn up for ministers. Migrant workers may be needed to complete the stadiums for the 2012 Games and also to work on separate engineering projects, Government advisers believe. But the prospect of a new wave of immigration for construction schemes – at a time... 

Snow slams Europe and defies the so-called Global Warming Europe shivered under a snowy pre-Christmas cold snap on Friday that closed airports, caused chaos on the roads and gave some school kids an early start to their holidays. The Swiss canton of Grisons recorded a record low temperature of minus 32 degrees Celsius (minus 25 degrees Fahrenheit) overnight, and early snow was seen across the continent... 

Danish police on Sunday released hundreds of activists who were detained during a mass rally demanding strong action from delegates at the U.N. climate conference. Police said only 13 of the 968 people detained during and after the demonstration in Copenhagen remained in custody Sunday. Of those, three — two Danes and a Frenchman — were set to be arraigned in court on preliminary charges of fighting... 

The European Union’s foreign ministers on Tuesday softened their call for a division of Jerusalem between Israel and the Palestinians, saying that the city should be shared but that the two sides should negotiate the details. The statement, issued in Brussels, marks a diplomatic victory for Israel in a contest with the Palestinians for international support. In the absence of direct, U.S.-mediated... 

The EU is to offer “one to three billion euros” in aid to developing countries over the next three years so they can fight the effects of “climate change”, the Financial Times Deutschland reported Sunday. The funding is to be agreed at a European Union summit in Brussels set for Thursday and Friday, which will also coincide with the world climate conference in Copenhagen that... 

Europe’s anti-immigrant party leaders hailed a decision by Swiss voters to ban building minarets and called for similar referendums to be held in other countries. Europe’s anti-immigrant party leaders hailed a decision by Swiss voters to ban Muslims from building minarets last Monday and called for similar referendums to be held in other countries. Immediately after the 29 November Swiss... 

Tensions are growing between the European Union and Israel over a draft document that slams Israeli policies in East Jerusalem and calls on EU countries to strengthen Palestinian claims to the city. A second document, to be discussed in Brussels next week, seeks EU recognition of East Jerusalem as capital of a Palestinian state. In addition, an Israeli human rights group says Israel is stripping Palestinians... 

“Some day, following the example of the United States of America, there will be a United States of Europe.” George Washington, First American President (1732 – 1799) December 1, 2009 has now become one of the most important dates in all of human history and stands in equality with 1492, when Western Europeans first discovered the Americas, 1517, when Martin Luther launched the Reformation,...