A senior German official, and a close ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel, has warned British Prime Minister David Cameron against blackmailing the EU by an in-out referendum on the union that could be disastrous to both London and Brussels. Chair of Germany’s European affairs committee Gunther Krichbaum, who is visiting Britain at the helm of a high-level German parliamentary delegation warned that... 

After Justice Minister Alan Shatter yesterday promised legislation to allow reporting of hitherto secret decisions in children’s courts, it is now incumbent on health minister Dr James Reilly to commit to rescind the similarly secretive and outdated Fluoridation Act of 1963 before the Referendum on Children’s rights on Sat 10th November 2012. “Unless the government commits to rescind the discredited... 

Cameron (left) faced Salmond (right) across the negotiating table table, watched by Scottish Secretary Michael Moore (second left) and Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon Details of Scotland’s ‘most important political decision in 300 years’ to be confirmed in Edinburgh. Scots will on Monday be given 100 weeks to make the “most important political decision in 300 years”... 

Romanian President Traian Basescu delivers a speech to parliament on July 6, 2012. Romanian MPs have voted to impeach President Traian Basescu, initiating a process that could oust the unpopular leader in a national referendum. Some 256 of the bicameral parliament’s 372 deputies voted to impeach Basescu, 114 voted against the motion, and two votes were canceled, the final count showed. Senate... 

Syria’s Interior Minister has announced that 89 per cent of those who took part in the referendum have voted in favor of a new constitution. The new law puts an end to five decades of one-party rule among other reforms put forward by President Assad. Interior Minister Ibrahim al-Shaar announced the results of the referendum at a press conference on Monday.­ According to the minister, out of 14,580,000... 

David Cameron has said he would consider further powers for Scotland, but only after a referendum. David Cameron made his boldest move yet in the campaign to stop Scotland voting for independence by offering the country more freedom from Westminster if it votes no in the coming referendum. Speaking to business leaders in the capital, Edinburgh, the prime minister said the referendum did not have to... 

Europe's far right say Turkey could bring down the EU Since 2005, Turkey has been in membership talks with the European Union – with little success. Far-right parties now say the country poses a threat to EU identity and are planning a referendum to block Turkey’s EU bid. Several far-right European parties have vowed to seek a Europe-wide referendum on Turkey’s accession to the... 

The leader of Ataka, Volen Siderov, and fellow party members want to eliminate broadcasts in languages other than Bulgarian on State TV and Radio. The Bulgarian governing center-right party GERB has supported the nationalist Ataka party’s call for a national referendum on whether to continue allowing the broadcast of Turkish language news on BNT1. Bulgaria PM Boyko Borisov, speaking in Parliament,...