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06/05/08 - Consolidated reader-friendly version of the Lisbon Treaty is now online

The book presents a consolidated version of the Treaty of Lisbon, including all articles in the TEU and the TFEU as amended by the Treaty. It also contains the 11 new protocols annexed to the Lisbon Treaty, as well as the old Protocols for a total of 37 Protocols (not including the protocols attached to the 2003 Accession Treaty).

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08/05/08 - Jens-Peter Bonde says goodbye in plenary to his colleagues

Jens-Peter Bonde made today his last speech as Member of the European Parliament. He will officially leave his post as MEP and co-president of the Ind/Dem Group tomorrow. He will be replaced as representative of the Danish JuneMovement by Hanne Dahl.

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07/05/08 - Basic economic problems of the euro cannot be reconciled said Gerard Batten

In response to the Commission communication on the performance of the euro, Gerard Batten said today in plenary that "in the long term, it is not possible to have one common interest rate and one common external exchange rate for a multitude of differently performing national economies. Eventually these irreconcilable economic contradictions will pull the European single currency apart."

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07/05/08 - Kathy Sinnott elected co-president of Ind/Dem Group

Members of the Ind/Dem Group have unanimously asked Kathy Sinnott to take the vacant post left by co-president Jens-Peter Bonde. MEP Sinnott agreed to accept the position at a meeting of the group this afternoon and will with her fellow members continue to push for a more democratic and transparent Europe.

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23/04/08 - MEP Bonde speaks in plenary about democracy

Jens-Peter Bonde (Ind/Dem co-president) participated today in the debate on the forthcoming European Union - Latin America and Caribbean Summit to be held in Lima, Peru, from 13 to 17 May 2008. MEP Bonde took the occasion of the debate to ask the Commission what kind of democracy Europe is going to export in the World.

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