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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 22. August | 123 comments (123 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

There is a general obsession with the "circus". In fact it's one of the issues the Liberals all over Europe (ans particularly Dutch and British ones) have latched on to in order to demonstrate to the voters that they're not uncritically pro-EU. <sigh>

A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Aug 22nd, 2008 at 07:36:24 AM EST
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Re: Endlessly: bleh (none / 1)

Come on. There is no reason to have the parliament moving back and forth. In fact it makes no sense what so ever. It's the poster child of the "wasteful EU bureacracy".

Put it in Bruxelles and be done with it. This would make the EU more popular, especially in the Netherlands, UK and Nordic nations.

The real estate in Strasbourg could be used to create an European elite technical university, as is often proposed.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Fri Aug 22nd, 2008 at 08:09:58 AM EST
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Re: Endlessly: bleh (none / 1)

As this has been coded into the treaties, only the Council can change it. The European Parliament mostly agrees two sites is a waste.

A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Aug 22nd, 2008 at 08:13:14 AM EST
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Re: Endlessly: bleh (4.00 / 2)

The parliament could break the treaty rules and see what happens.

by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Fri Aug 22nd, 2008 at 08:36:06 AM EST
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