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06/05/08 - Consolidated reader-friendly version of the Lisbon Treaty is now online

The book presents a consolidated version of the Treaty of Lisbon, including all articles in the TEU and the TFEU as amended by the Treaty. It also contains the 11 new protocols annexed to the Lisbon Treaty, as well as the old Protocols for a total of 37 Protocols (not including the protocols attached to the 2003 Accession Treaty).

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15/05/08 - Another bung for Ireland

It has been called a 'tidying up exercise' and a project necessary to 'simplify' the EU but in spite of this, the Lisbon Treaty is already costing millions of euros. UKIP leader Nigel Farage said, "What a surprise: the last plenary session before the Irish vote is the only referendum on the Lisbon Treaty and the EU want to announce that they are giving them huge amounts of money."

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08/05/08 - Jens-Peter Bonde says goodbye in plenary to his colleagues

Jens-Peter Bonde made today his last speech as Member of the European Parliament. He will officially leave his post as MEP and co-president of the Ind/Dem Group tomorrow. He will be replaced as representative of the Danish JuneMovement by Hanne Dahl.

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07/05/08 - Basic economic problems of the euro cannot be reconciled said Gerard Batten

In response to the Commission communication on the performance of the euro, Gerard Batten said today in plenary that "in the long term, it is not possible to have one common interest rate and one common external exchange rate for a multitude of differently performing national economies. Eventually these irreconcilable economic contradictions will pull the European single currency apart."

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07/05/08 - Kathy Sinnott elected co-president of Ind/Dem Group

Members of the Ind/Dem Group have unanimously asked Kathy Sinnott to take the vacant post left by co-president Jens-Peter Bonde. MEP Sinnott agreed to accept the position at a meeting of the group this afternoon and will with her fellow members continue to push for a more democratic and transparent Europe.

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