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Ads by Google Related Topics European Union European Parliament European Commission 2004 European Parliament elections      Info and facts on 'European Parliament' For instance, in 2004, the number of seats in the European Parliament was temporarily raised to 788 to accommodate representatives from the ten states that joined the EU on 1st May, but it was subsequently reduced to 732 following the elections in June. In some respects, the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers resemble the upper and lower houses of a bicameral (additional info and facts about bicameral) legislature. The number of observers and their method of appointment (usually by national parliaments) is laid down in the joining countries' Treaties of Accession. http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/e/eu/european_parliament.htm   (2101 words)      Member of the European Parliament - definition of Member of the European Parliament in Encyclopedia A recent proposal was to fix the salary at half that of a judge at the European Court of Justice. When Parliament was first established, MEPs were appointed by member states in national delegations. Among the 177 MEPs with such experience elected in 1999 were six prime ministers and three former members of the European Commission. http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Member_of_the_European_Parliament   (1818 words)      A Concise Encyclopedia of the European Union --E-- The European Council (not to be confused with the Council of Ministers) refers to the twice-yearly, or occasionally more frequent, summit meetings of EU heads of government (plus the directly elected presidents of France and Finland) and the president of the Commission. The European Parliament also pressed its case for an oversight role and France suddenly turned the choice of the ECB's first head into a political controversy, unsuccessfully demanding the position for Jean-Claude Trichet, president of the Banque de France. The consequence of the scandal was to strengthen the relative power of the Parliament, but also to vest more authority in the president, on the grounds that he could hardly assume responsibility for the Commission without having greater influence over the running of its affairs and the selection of the key 'ministers'. http://www.euro-know.org/dictionary/e.html   (11086 words)      DEsite : European Parliament Parliament is led by a president and a ´Bureau´. This regulatory body consists of the President of the European Parliament, fourteen vice-presidents, and five quaestors with an advisory voice. This is the political administrative body of Parliament. http://drcwww.kub.nl/dbi/instructie/eu/en/T13.htm   (922 words)      PARLIAMENT and EU In addition to this, amendments to the treaties and certain other fundamental decisions of the EU must be approved by the national parliaments of the member states. The European Commission drafts proposals for Union actions, and acts as guardian of the treaties ensuring that member states correctly follow EU decisions. It is characteristic of this branch of EU policy that decisions must be made by the Member States unanimously. http://www.eduskunta.fi/efakta/opas/tiedotus/esiteen7.htm   (2067 words)      EUROPA - European Union institutions and other bodies - European Parliament In 2004, Josep Borrell Fontelles was elected President of the European Parliament. The present parliament, elected in June 2004, has 732 members from all 25 EU countries. When a new Commission takes office, its members are nominated by the EU member state governments but they cannot be appointed without Parliament’s approval. http://europa.eu.int/institutions/parliament/index_en.htm   (869 words)      European Parliament on Encyclopedia.com European Parliament approves laws establishing EU-wide supervision of reinsurers August 1981.Menahem BEGIN takes his seat as Leader of the Likud Party, in the Knesset (Parliament), after gaining the majority at the recent elections. http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/E/EuropnP1.asp   (692 words)      Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats - Homepage The Slovene National Assembly ratified the new European Constitution by 79 against four against, becoming the third country to ratify, after Lithuania and Hungary. In total, the EU EOM deployed 160 observers in 20 of the 24 states to follow and report on the electoral process in line with established EU methodology and the "Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation" adopted under the auspices of the United Nations in October 2005. Slovenia is third EU State to ratify Treaty http://www.epp-ed.org   (652 words)      European Union Internet Resources European Body for the Enhancement of Judicial Co-operation Database of questions posed by the European Parliament to the Council and the Commission, searchable by author, political group, etc. Functions as a consultative body, and is asked for opinions on policies and legislation. http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/doemoff/govinfo/intl/gov_eu.html   (1707 words)      European Parliament Resolution Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission, the Council and the Government and Parliament of the Russian Federation. Calls on the Russian authorities to ensure that Mr Pasko's appeal is heard swiftly and is handled in accordance with the general principles of the rule of law which Russia is obliged to respect under the European Convention on Human Rights and the Russian constitution; Calls, in this respect, on the Russian authorities to release Grigorii Pasko from custody pending the hearing of his appeal in the Military Collegium of the Russian Supreme Court; http://www.bellona.org/en/international/russia/envirorights/pasko/22874.html   (1039 words)      Slashdot Software Patents Circumvent European Parliament The Council's decisions are largely not taken by the ministers, but by faceless bureaucrats holding secret meetings of which the results are often kept secret [ugent.be] as long as possible. Because the voting weights changed on 1 November (due to the joining of all the new member states to the EU), Poland's support suddenly became necessary and thus the qualified majority was officially broken. So the Council currently has an ugly text on the table which is no longer supported by a qualified majority in any way, but by means of diplomatic pressure on Poland and others the Dutch presidency (lead in this case by Minister Brinkhorst) is trying everything it can to push it through nevertheless. http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/04/12/13/1248202.shtml?tid=155&tid=219   (8878 words)      European Parliament Today the European Parliament, as an equal partner with the Council of Ministers, passes the majority of European laws - laws that affect the lives of Europe's citizens. The number of Members per state is laid down in the Treaty. As stated, the European Parliament has 626 Members. http://www.gm-unccd.org/field/Multi/EU/OP_Par.htm   (616 words)      European Parliament This was then extended by the treaty of Amsterdam, and this 'codecision&; put the European Parliament, and the Council of Ministers on an equal level in terms of community legislation. This method means that many acts are joint acts with the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament. This codecision is one of parliaments main powers. http://www.coursework.info/i/5157.html   (569 words)      Another Day, Another EU Crisis - The European Parliament takes on the European Commission—and wins. By Scott MacMillan Buttiglione, the proposed commissioner for "justice, freedom and security," had raised the hackles of many members of European Parliament (MEPs) by calling homosexuality "a sin" and for his conservative Catholic views on marriage and motherhood. Facing a resounding "no" in the legislature, José Manuel Barroso of Portugal, the incoming president of the commission, withdrew his entire proposed slate of commissioners. Ultimate power, though, rests with the Council of Ministers (not to be confused with the European Council or the non-EU-related Council of Europe). http://www.slate.com/id/2108805   (730 words)      News - Headlines January the 1st 1986 saw the birth of a 12-nation European Community with the accession of Spain and Portugal. This year it was awarded to three laureates: Cuban protest movement "Damas de Blanco", Nigerian human rights lawyer Hauwa Ibrahim and "Reporters without Borders". European Parliament Information Offices: Serving the public and the media http://www.europarl.eu.int/news/public/default_en.htm   (403 words)      EIPS - The Vacant Seat Number 666 in the European Parliament Report on the opening of the Fifth Elected Parliament of Europe in Strasbourg and its occupancy of the new Parliament Buildings. Ian R.K: Paisley, M.P., M.E.P. The recently elected Fifth Parliament of Europe met on Tuesday, 20 The French Government forced it both upon Members of Parliament and upon the Governments of European Union countries, Germany and the United Kingdom being made to foot the exorbitant bill. http://www.ianpaisley.org/article.asp?ArtKey=666   (527 words)      Open Letter to the European Parliament This policy process requires additional oversight, and the eventual systems established will require significant controls and a strong legal framework to ensure that this is a proportionate response to the war on terrorism. Behind closed doors on October 25 the Justice and Home Affairs Council decided to introduce mandatory fingerprinting for all EU citizens into the draft regulation. Steinbach Ulrich, The Green Party in the State Parliament of Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany http://www.privacyinternational.org/issues/terrorism/ep_letter_biometrics.html   (2741 words)      European Parliament European Parliament Urges Drugs Companies to Drop South African Law Suit European Parliament President Tells Europe's Leaders 'Get Your Act Together' Afghanistan: 'There are Universal Values to Which we Should All Subscribe' http://www.europaworld.org/Parliament.htm   (276 words)      Chechen Government visits European Parliament Chechnya’s parliament that was elected on November 27 opens its first meeting at 11:00 Moscow time on Monday >>> read more Chechnya Parliament Elected on November 27 Opens its First Sitting Edward McMillan-Scott (Christian-Democrat), vice president of the European Parliament (Christian-Democrats Group), Ms. http://www.unpo.org/news_detail.php?arg=14&par=2541   (472 words)      BBC NEWS It represents the people of the EU in contrast to the Council of Ministers, which represents the governments. Most new laws in member states now stem from the need to implement European legislation - and most of that is amended and adopted by the European Parliament. The European parliament is the only directly elected EU body. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/europe/04/eu_parliament_guide/html/introduction.stm   (109 words)      The Parliament Magazine - European Politics and Policy Regular contributors also include EU presidency ministers, ambassadors, leaders of the parliament’s political groups, senior members of parliamentary committees and rapporteurs on key EU legislation. Parliament Magazine is a unique publication working at the heart of the EU. The Parliament Magazine - European Politics and Policy http://www.parliamentmag.com   (222 words)      European Parliament - EUbusiness 2003-07-02 17:57:12 European lawmakers adopted on Wednesday new rules on the labelling of genetically-modified foodstuffs, saying they hoped it would ease a fierce row with the US, but Washington remained unimpressed. Controversial law sets up funding for EU political parties 2003-09-23 12:24:51 The European parliament approved on Tuesday the nomination of French central bank governor Jean-Claude Trichet as the next president of the European Central Bank, replacing Wim Duisenberg of The Netherlands. http://www.eubusiness.com/Europarl/index_html?b_start:int=700   (859 words)      Patents directive wins European Parliament OK - ZDNet UK News On Tuesday, in a debate ahead of the vote, Commissioner Bolkestein also criticised the amendments, telling the Parliament that "the majority of those amendments will be unacceptable to the Commission". If the directive passes through the rest of the EU's codecision procedure, member states will be required to implement it in local law. Labour MEP Arlene McCarthy, who was responsible for guiding the directive through Parliament, also welcomed the result, while criticising those who had campaigned for amendments. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/legal/0,39020651,39116642,00.htm   (725 words)      European Parliamentary Labour Party They were elected, at the last European Elections in June 2004, using a system of proportional representation and now represent every region and nation in the UK (except for Northern Ireland). Some are also members of European Parliament delegations for relations with countries outside the European Union. Each Labour MEP is a full member of at least one European Parliament committee and a substitute member on another. http://www.eplp.org.uk   (281 words)      Update: European Parliament rejects patent law proposal InfoWorld News 2005-07-06 By Simon Taylor, IDG News Service Ahead of the vote, both supporters and opponents of the directive said rejection may be the best result. But the decision was also welcomed by members of the open-source software community, who have been leading the campaign against the directive. French Socialist MEP Michel Rocard, who drafted the Parliament's position on the directive, said that the Parliament's vote had been about the fundamental issue of the "free circulation of ideas," which, he said, software patents would have prevented. http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/07/06/HNeprejectspatent_1.html   (1794 words)      European Parliament -Resolution on the situation in Chittagong Hill Tracts Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission, the Council and the governments and parliaments of Bangladesh and India. This document is published online by Equipo Nizkor and Derechos Human Rights Requests the Commission to continue to monitor the situation and to report back to Parliament on its evolution and the use of EU funding; http://www.derechos.org/nizkor/europa/parlamento/banglae.html   (433 words)      European Parliament In adopting yesterday a report from Marielle De Sarnez on the protection of minors and human dignity, the right of reply and the competitiveness of the European audiovisual and information services industry, MEPs said action was needed from politicians, the industry, schools and parents. The committee is recommending the creation of a new top-level domain name ".kid" (like.com or.org) with content reserved for children, which could provide a secure Internet area regularly monitored by an independent authority. The European Parliament Committee on Culture and Education is calling for action to protect children from inappropriate content on the Internet. http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0705/ep.htm   (225 words)      Conservatives in the European Parliament Parish: Efforts to end EU tobacco subsidies go up in smoke The European Commission is likely to open an 'excessive deficit procedure' against HM Treasury which, in addition to being devastating to the Chancellor's reputation, could lead to further sanctions being imposed at a later date. Chancellor Gordon Brown's reputation for 'prudence' suffered a blow today after the European Commission met to decide whether it will take formal action against the UK for failing to meet EU targets on levels of public debt. http://www.conservatives.com/meps   (195 words)      About My Vote - European Parliament In a UK European Parliamentary election, you have one vote to elect all of your MEPs. The European Parliament is made up of 732 MEPs who are elected by the 25 EU member countries. For one week in every month they go to Strasbourg to debate and vote on new European laws with MEPs from other EU member countries. http://www.aboutmyvote.co.uk/DemoInst/EuroParli.cfm   (317 words)      Elections in the European Union European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party: liberal and centrist party The European Parliament has 626 members, elected for a five year term by proportional representation in one or more constituencies in each member country. European People's Party/European Democrats: christian-democratic and conservative party http://www.electionworld.org/europeanunion.htm   (180 words)      BBC NEWS In Depth Euro-glossary European Parliament Parliament is also the democratic watchdog over the European Commission. Commissioners must be approved by Parliament before they can be appointed and parliament has the power to sack the Commission - a fate the commission only escaped in 1999 by its mass resignation. The parliament is the only directly elected body in the European Union and the only elected international assembly in the world. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/europe/euro-glossary/1054576.stm   (192 words)      Thank you, European Parliament! While the EU is no longer working on the problems of patentability, it may become necessary to send some signals to national courts through national parliaments, which encourage these courts to adhere to the written law and to reject the doctrines of the European Patent Office, just as the Europe's democratically legitimated legislators have done. Together with members of the European Parliament in all party groups, we were able to win support for 21 cross-party compromise amendments, on which future solutions to the persisting problems can be based. We also are indebted to national Parliaments, particularly those of the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark and Spain for their often futile attempts at controlling the behaviour of their countries' representatives in the Council, and for their intervention in favour of the European Parliament during its second reading. http://wiki.ffii.org/EmDank0507En   (515 words)      [ffii] European Parliament says no to software patents, yes to innovation This is your victory as well as the Parliament's. It marks the end of this attempt by the European Commission to codify into law the US-style practice of the European Patent Office. This is a great victory for those who have campaigned to ensure that European innovation and competitiveness is protected from the threat of software and business process patents. http://lists.ffii.org/pipermail/news/2005-July/000302.html   (553 words)      European Youth Parliament - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia EYP (The European Youth Parliament, Parlement Européen des Jeunes) is a non-profit, politically unaffiliated organization, which encourages European youth to participate in European politics. At the end of each debate there is a vote - based solely on the personal concscience of each delegate. Each session is composed of committee work on current European political matters and the General Assembly in which the committee resolutions are looked through, altered and approved. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Youth_Parliament   (1713 words)      European Parliament rejects computer-implemented inventions directive - Wikinews The European Greens, Socialist Group and European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party also voted for rejection of the directive for heterogenous reason. Michel Rocard, author of a number of amendments to the original directive, said that the majority of the modifications were unlikely to be supported by the Commission and Council, with whom the Parliament would have had to enter a Conciliation procedure if it had voted for maintaining the directive in moditifed form. Before the vote, Rocard pointed at the irritation of the Parliament towards the Commission: "There is collective anger throughout the Parliament because of the way the directive was handled by the Commission and the Council". http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/European_Parliament_rejects_computer-implemented_inventions_directive   (524 words)      European file sharers next in line for lawsuits European citizens will be next in line for legal action if a controversial new European law is passed. The draft Directive on the enforcement of intellectual property rights is due to be debated by the European Parliament during October and November. Concerned citizens should write to their MEPs asking them to reject this assault on their privacy and other rights. http://www.fipr.org/press/030909ipred.html   (304 words)      LondonElects. The European Parliament election Following the election of Theresa Anne Villiers as the Member of Parliament for Chipping Barnet on 5 May 2005, and her subsequent resignation as a Member of the European Parliament, the Regional Returning Officer appointed a replacement Member of the European Parliament from the Conservative Party list. This section has detailed information on the European Parliament, the expansion of the European Union (EU) on 1 May 2004, and the elections across the EU. Constituencies for the European election will be based on London borough boundaries. http://www.londonelects.org.uk/european   (210 words)      CNN.com - EU calls for new Ukraine runoff - Dec 2, 2004 The Parliament called for a fresh vote by the end of the year "whilst guaranteeing an open and transparent electoral process in accordance with international democratic standards during both the election campaign and the actual voting and counting of votes, and thoroughly improving the election campaign conditions." (CNN) -- The European Parliament has called for a rerun of the Ukrainian presidential election between Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, who was proclaimed the winner amid allegations of fraud. "Parliament rejects allegations, especially by the Russian President, that, by expressing their support for the Ukrainian people's right to exercise their democratic rights, the European Union and the international community were encouraging violence; stresses at the same time that Russia carries a great responsibility for the situation in Ukraine," the resolution said. http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/12/02/ukraine.eu   (429 words)      Oxford Scholarship Online: People and Parliament in the European Union Effective mobilization of voters in European Parliament elections will require painstaking efforts to inform European citizens and persuade them of the value of the process of European governance, and of the significance of the European-level issues involved. Keywords: democracy, election, Eurobarometer, European Parliament, European Union, legitimacy, MEP, mobilization, political party, turnout This is followed by a series of chapters dealing with attitudes to European integration, the European Parliament, and European elections, each chapter concluding with a bivariate analysis of the relationship between such attitudes and participation/abstention in European Parliament elections. http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/oso/public/content/politicalscience/0198293089/toc.html   (464 words)      European Parliament postpones Turkey vote - Boston.com Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan immediately dismissed the parliament's resolution. It's logically and politically unacceptable," European People's Party chairman Hans-Gert Poettering said before asking the assembly to postpone the vote. The EU Parliament voted 311-285, with 63 abstentions, to postpone the customs union ratification ballot. http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/09/28/european_parliament_postpones_turkey_vote   (482 words)      Enlargement of the European Union ELDR (Group of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party) As well as official meetings of the European Parliament and its Committees and Delegations at which enlargement issues are to be discussed, the calendar also lists important meetings of the Council, Commission and other EU institutions as well as various events organised by academic and other institutions on the enlargement theme. Joint Debate on Enlargement, 9 April 2003, before the vote in which the EP gave its assent to the accession of all ten countries with which accession negotiations had been concluded: http://www.europarl.eu.int/enlargement/default_en.htm   (408 words)      Guardian Unlimited Special reports Special report: the European parliament February 26: A former Frinton undertaker and his wild-eyed lieutenant lead Britain's fourth biggest party in the European parliament. December 29: Tony Blair's proposal for a European second chamber, made up of members of national parliaments, is facing a backlash from British MPs and peers. In private, their rivalry may be holding the union back. http://www.guardian.co.uk/europarl   (703 words)      European Parliament Fails to Agree on Computer Patents - New York Times European Parliament Votes To Limit Software Patents (September 25, 2003) The main political parties in the European Parliament agreed late Tuesday to abandon the proposal rather than risk an inadequate compromise; they are to vote against the proposal at their plenary meeting on Wednesday in Strasbourg, France. TECHNOLOGY; European Confrontation Over Privacy Rights on the Internet (November 30, 2001) http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/06/business/worldbusiness/06patent.html?ex=1278302400&en=b384f3abe5ac7337&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss   (552 words)      European Parliament The new Europe is likely to be a European political and economic union of nation states acting together. cotland makes up one single Euro-region for elections to the European Parliament. But, Euro MPs rejected these proposals and voted to reserve the market for letters weighing less than 150 grams for national post monopolies. http://www.ultrasoft.hostinguk.com/mclp/europe.asp   (488 words)      European Parliament of Disabled People - About > A Manifesto by the European Disability Movement to the European Parliament regarding the elections in 2004 with a view that it should be recognized and taken up in the manifestos of the political parties, It is also intended to be a chance for the disability movement to demand political action and legislative commitment to disability issues especially for the upcoming European Parliamentary elections. The European Parliament are to host a Disabled People’s Parliament Event to be held on 10-11 November 2003 at the European Parliament Hemicycle in Brussels. http://www.edf-feph.org/EPDP2003/about_en.htm   (429 words)      EFF: European Parliament Considers Warped Intellectual Property Directive "EFF is urging its members to ask their MEPs to seek an amendment to the proposed European Intellectual Property Enforcement directive because it does not distinguish large-scale commercial infringement and counterfeiting enterprises from unintentional, non-commercial infringement by individuals," said EFF Staff Attorney Gwen Hinze. EFF is asking Europeans to seek an amendment that would limit application of the directive to intentional commercial infringements of intellectual property rights. San Francisco, CA - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today asked concerned Europeans to contact Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) prior to a March 8 vote on a controversial proposed directive on Intellectual Property Enforcement. http://www.eff.org/IP/20040224_eff_pr.php   (246 words)      The Scottish Parliament - Homepage Portraits of Robert Burns and Sir Walter Scott are among five works by Scots artist Calum Colvin which are on loan to the Scottish Parliament. The Scottish Parliament has elected Kenny MacAskill as the new member of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB). The SFF Board agreed at its first meeting of 2006 that the project will seek to identify a “highly positive role” for Scotland's senior citizens in the future. http://www.scottish.parliament.uk   (390 words)      European Parliament all said and done, Parliament is not an equal to the Council in power many areas where the Council must consult the Parliament - also, Commission often asks an opinion on proposals every year a struggle between Parliament and Council over the budget (usually with Parliament wanting a larger budget with less for agriculture) http://www.eugateway.org/intpar.htm   (346 words)      European Parliament- Office in Dublin © European Parliament Office in Ireland, 43 Molesworth Street Dublin 2. http://www.europarl.ie   (11 words)      European Elections 2004 Created by the UK Office of the European Parliament The "Europe Counts" website was created for the 2004 European Parliament Elections in the UK. Or click here for the UK Office of the European Parliament. http://www.europecounts.org.uk   (85 words)

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