According to reports, European Parliament has adopted a resolution urging the United Kingdom to immediately invoke article 50 of the Lisbon treaty on leaving the EU. European lawmakers called for the immediate activation of a process in the European Union’s founding law to formalize the United Kingdom’s exit from the EU in a non-binding resolution passed Tuesday. “The European Parliament…... 

The European Commission has launched a “rule-of-law” investigation into Poland’s new legislation concerning its Constitutional court and media. The probe could eventually lead to the suspension of the country’s voting rights within the European Union. On Wednesday, the Commission decided to carry out a preliminary assessment of the controversial laws recently adopted in Poland that, according... 

Workers in Paris protest against the French government’s planned pension reform BUREAUCRATS in Brussels want to raise the retirement age for millions of British workers on a regular rolling basis to avoid another financial crisis. The European Commission wants people to work longer hours and retire later and wants to fix pension entitlements to an EU-wide formula. It suggests that on average... 

The president of the Czech Republic, Vaclav Klaus, has signed the EU’s Lisbon Treaty, the final step in the charter’s ratification. Klaus’ decision to ratify the Treaty came after the Czech Republic’s constitutional court rejected a last minute legal challenge from a group of eurosceptic senators and ruled that the Lisbon Treaty does not violate the country’s constitution.... 

Mr President: Tony Blair, pictured here with wife Cherie in 2004 on holiday with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, is expected by many to become the new EU president Italy wants Tony Blair to become president of the European Union – but a minister admitted today that Britain’s stance on immigration might hamper the former Prime Minister’s bid. ‘We have expressed our... 

DUBLIN – (Dow Jones)- Ireland voted 67% in favor of the Lisbon Treaty with just 33% voting against, according to the final count announced Saturday. The big swing to a Yes vote was helped by a 6% rise in voter turnout to 59%. But there was a big swing vote from No to Yes due to a series of EU protocols clarifying Irish neutrality and maintaining its antiabortion laws, safeguarded independence... 

Ireland’s EU Commissioner, Charlie McCreevy, has conceded that voters in most EU countries would reject the stalled Lisbon Treaty. His admission came as Brian Cowen, the Irsih prime minister, was set to announce 2 October as the date when Ireland holds its second referendum on the document. The treaty, which proposes the first full-time President of the European Council, is highly contentious... 

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Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court has warned that the extraordinary powers contained in the European Union’s Lisbon Treaty overrides all national laws in Europe. The German court will shortly call for an ‘emergency brake’ provision to be included into the German constitution to prevent an EU dictatorship. The development is all the more shocking because till now, Germany has been one...