Comments on: A distinct lack of transparency http://www.jcm.org.uk/blog/2008/11/a-distinct-lack-of-transparency/ In search of a European identity Sat, 07 Jan 2012 12:16:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Robin http://www.jcm.org.uk/blog/2008/11/a-distinct-lack-of-transparency/comment-page-1/#comment-60211 Robin Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:49:28 +0000 http://www.jcm.org.uk/blog/?p=1890#comment-60211 So how would you get France to play fair ? I would (as you guess) pull out and stop sending the money. That`ll produce a reform. So how would you get France to play fair ?
I would (as you guess) pull out and stop sending the money. That`ll produce a reform.

]]> By: nosemonkey http://www.jcm.org.uk/blog/2008/11/a-distinct-lack-of-transparency/comment-page-1/#comment-60131 nosemonkey Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:31:50 +0000 http://www.jcm.org.uk/blog/?p=1890#comment-60131 You'd think, wouldn't you? No matter how many times the supposedly all-powerful Commission fails to get its way, no matter how many times its (often rather sensible and frequently deregulatory) reforms are blocked by a member state (usually France), the Commission remains the source of all evil. It's the same attitude that sees any unpopular EU initiative as being spawned by the unelected Commission, despite pretty much every Commission initiative being first proposed (and usually drafted) by the governments / civil services of the member states. You’d think, wouldn’t you? No matter how many times the supposedly all-powerful Commission fails to get its way, no matter how many times its (often rather sensible and frequently deregulatory) reforms are blocked by a member state (usually France), the Commission remains the source of all evil.

It’s the same attitude that sees any unpopular EU initiative as being spawned by the unelected Commission, despite pretty much every Commission initiative being first proposed (and usually drafted) by the governments / civil services of the member states.

]]> By: Ralf Grahn http://www.jcm.org.uk/blog/2008/11/a-distinct-lack-of-transparency/comment-page-1/#comment-60130 Ralf Grahn Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:23:40 +0000 http://www.jcm.org.uk/blog/?p=1890#comment-60130 Europe needs reformist democracy, accountability and transparency, not (intergovernmental) diplomacy if it is to become a viable actor in the 21st century. This said in spite of the present (powerless) agricultural committee of the European Parliament being a disappointing collection of special interest stooges. By the way, Jean Quatremer in Coulisses de Bruxelles on the Commission presidency ahead of the European elections 2009 should be read by every EU citizen. Most disheartening. Europe needs reformist democracy, accountability and transparency, not (intergovernmental) diplomacy if it is to become a viable actor in the 21st century.

This said in spite of the present (powerless) agricultural committee of the European Parliament being a disappointing collection of special interest stooges.

By the way, Jean Quatremer in Coulisses de Bruxelles on the Commission presidency ahead of the European elections 2009 should be read by every EU citizen. Most disheartening.

]]> By: Peter Davidson http://www.jcm.org.uk/blog/2008/11/a-distinct-lack-of-transparency/comment-page-1/#comment-60123 Peter Davidson Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:47:10 +0000 http://www.jcm.org.uk/blog/?p=1890#comment-60123 Once again, a power carve up fundamentally shaped around the entrenched "Europe of Nations" orthodoxy. Outcomes like this utterly discredit the widely held notion that the European Commission dictates policy? Once again, a power carve up fundamentally shaped around the entrenched “Europe of Nations” orthodoxy.

Outcomes like this utterly discredit the widely held notion that the European Commission dictates policy?

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