tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620652438500849718.post2251315984808207115..comments2024-02-25T10:22:38.186+00:00Comments on The European Citizen: You've gotta fight, for your right, to... have your Charter Rights applied by the ECJ (?)Eurocentrichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439536905456080079noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620652438500849718.post-48687351765744112392009-09-04T13:15:13.331+01:002009-09-04T13:15:13.331+01:00Eurocentric,
You are quite right. Some of the ch...Eurocentric, <br /><br />You are quite right. Some of the champions of the No vote in the French referendum on the Constitutional Treaty called themselves pro-Europeans and contended that it was the way achieve a better - more social(ist) - treaty.<br /><br />In practice, they managed to relegate France to the fringes of the European Union and to delay the treaty reform process, with the Nice Treaty still in force.<br /><br />Joannon's book is a pocket version (2009) on 800 plus pages from pre-historic times to about 2005. <br /><br />As a non-expert, I can only give my impression: A highly readable book and a real effort to present a balanced view.Ralf Grahn https://www.blogger.com/profile/02156293782163802007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620652438500849718.post-32501131349966201092009-09-03T23:06:20.315+01:002009-09-03T23:06:20.315+01:00You're right that it takes secondary legislati...You're right that it takes secondary legislation - something that the left in general seems to find hard to comes to terms with in their campaigning. While the right can rely on the four freedoms in the Treaties to do their job, the left need to campaign and make the political arguments for their policies - and they should do a better job of connecting with the public on this.<br /><br />In this case, the far-left is seemingly obsessed with constitutionalising their perfect model of Europe, with little thought to political reality.<br /><br />I haven't read Pierre Joannon - are you focusing on the broad sweep of Irish history, or mainly on recent Irish history?Eurocentrichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439536905456080079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620652438500849718.post-32864818932570429632009-09-03T11:43:12.419+01:002009-09-03T11:43:12.419+01:00At treaty level I believe that the "highly co...At treaty level I believe that the "highly competitive social market economy" (TEU 3.3)among the EU's aims, as modernised by the Lisbon Treaty, offer some long term hope for the construction of a "social Europe".<br /><br />The concrete steps need secondary legislation, but the divisions do not appear solely on party political lines. Germany and France, for instance, are wedded to ideas about workers' welfare, although with different shades. <br /><br />By the way, ahead of the Irish referendum I am trying to understand what has made Ireland and the Irish what they are; enjoying Pierre Joannon: Histoire de l'Irlande et des Irlandais (Éditions Perrin).Ralf Grahn https://www.blogger.com/profile/02156293782163802007noreply@blogger.com