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Chicken Yoghurt – Hit me baby one more time: “The government think the public are dickheads.” Our man Justin seems to have got all angry again. He’ll give himself a hernia one of these days, you mark my words…

EUpolitix – New EU budget blueprint unveiled – too much to summarise, but some interesting suggestions.

The Guardian – The rebate explained – tip-top .pdf graphic showing all EU contributions/receipts of the various member states.

European Tribune‘s looking very promising (and apparently it was only launched earlier this week). Their Euro News briefing for today sums up a lot of the stuff you need to know – rather sweetly accompanied with gasps of amazement at … Continue reading →

Doubtless there’ll be proper content later, what with this being EU summit day and all, but for now that bastard over at Chicken Yoghurt has landed me one of those chain blog meme wotsits. So here goes. If you could … Continue reading →

No idea how long European Tribune has been going but I only came across it today and it looks to be not only worth a look but already quite popular. Probably because it was apparently set up by a bunch … Continue reading →

Blood & Treasure – the great crusade: fat cows and the dilettante economy: “Linking the CAP to African poverty has more to do with gaining the moral high ground in the EU�s endless rounds of backbiting than it does with … Continue reading →

Observer blog – Europe, the plan: “measures to bring EU institutions closer to the people they are supposed to represent”

The French and Dutch rejections of the constitutional treaty and the spat over the CAP and British rebate cannot be separated. Both are � at least in theory � to do with the future of the EU post-enlargement. Both should … Continue reading →

The New Republic (reg. or BugMeNot req.) – Updates From the World’s Tyrannical Outposts: “we should be paying more attention to despotic lands. But who, in truth, has the time? … We’re pleased to present our readers with a summary … Continue reading →

The Times – Blair puts boot in over rebate by marching to moral high ground and Forget the gloating, everyone needs to look to the future and Lords have set out map to keep EU on the road

The Guardian – ‘Sharp disagreement’ at Blair-Chirac talks Blair: “If people want a reconsideration of the rebate, they’ve got to reconsider the reasons for rebate”

Fair Vote Watch – The emerging European demos and Spiked – From Europe to America: the populist moment has arrived