A round-up of UK-focused European Commission events and activities for the next week: Monday 24 January Fisheries Council being held in Brussels Committee stage of the European Union Bill (also 25 January) in House of Commons Tuesday 25 January Harriet Harman, deputy leader of the Labour Party and shadow Secretary for International Development is dueContinue reading “Coming Week beginning 24 January 2011”
Monthly Archives: January 2011
The David and Maros show
One of the things we do a lot of in this office, and more so since the new government came into power, is talking to people about what they could expect from a career working for an EU organisation. I’ve written about some recent events such as the FCO’s launch event in October last year, ourContinue reading “The David and Maros show”
Turning virtual friendships into real ones
I was in Brussels for the last two days, and very nice it was too. On Wednesday I was speaking at an event on the use of social media in a European context, called Butterfly Europe. A video of the event is online, and Europasionaria has written about it. I have a slightly different take on itContinue reading “Turning virtual friendships into real ones”
The European Court of Human Rights is NOT an EU institution
Here’s the text of a note we sent to newsdesks at the end of last year, which bears repeating: Information note to Newsdesks: European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is not part of the European Union (EU) Newsdesks and subeditors are asked to note that decisions of the European Court of Human Rights should notContinue reading “The European Court of Human Rights is NOT an EU institution”
Why the UK is in the EU
Our monitoring of Parliamentary Questions spat this one up today. Self-explanatory really. Mr Jenkin: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs with reference to the letter from the Minister for Europe of 11 November 2010, on the European Union Bill, for what reasons his Department believes that the present terms ofContinue reading “Why the UK is in the EU”
Onward and upward in 2011
First off, a Happy New Year to all my readers (both of you…) I was looking back through the blog today looking for a specific post, and it’s obvious that I write much less than I did when I first arrived. Some of that might be personal – less enthusiasm, more of other stuff thatContinue reading “Onward and upward in 2011”
2010 in review
WordPress have provided me with a helpful little summary of my blog in 2010, so I thought I would share it with you: The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers AContinue reading “2010 in review”