EU - PHEMISMS
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Speaker at Finance Ministers council - "Our bank rescue plans will ensure someone pays for this banking incompetence"
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Subject: Fw: Latest Directive From Brussels
EU Directive No. 456179/954PE/762 EU/UK
In order to meet the conditions for joining the Single European currency, all citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland must be made aware that the phrase 'Spending a penny' is not to be used after 1st. May 2008.
From this date, the correct terminology will be: 'Euronating'.
Thank you for your attention.
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April 3rd 2008
Margot Wallstrom:
"It's ironic, isn't it, that 50 years after the foundation of the European Union, we are still discussing democracy and how can we become more democratic," she said. Wonderful stuff! And we almost believe her too!
"A lot more" could indeed be done to improve democracy within the EU, as "decisions have moved up to the European level, but the political debates, the media reporting and so on, are still mainly national," Ms Wallstrom noted.
Now, let’s see, although decisions are made in
“The EU has achieved consistent financial results”
Translation:
“The Auditors have failed our accounts
for the 13th year in a row”
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21st February 2008
It's not secret - it's confidential!
This is the remarkable claim made by a spokesman for the EU parliament about a report of an internal audit of MEP's expenses. According to Bruno Waterfield in today's Telegraph, it has uncovered "extensive, widespread and criminal abuse" by MEPs of staff allowances worth almost £100 million a year.
Thus, only MEPs on the parliament's budget control committee are allowed to see the report and, to do so, they must apply to enter a "secret room", protected by biometric locks and security guards. They may not take notes and must sign a confidentiality agreement.
Harald Rømer, the secretary-general of the European Assembly, was asked late on Monday night by Hans-Gert Pöttering, its president, and a group of senior Euro-MPs, to take measures to ensure that there was no "collateral damage" from the report and, true to form, they are denying a cover-up. - Nothing new there then!
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