cafebabel.comhttp://www.cafebabel.com/Les articles du magazine europeen, rubrique Traitésen© cafebabel.comMon, 15 Dec 2008 14:00:00 -0000300Ireland, Barroso and 'one commissioner per country': EU democracy pays the price http://www.cafebabel.co.uk/article/27798/eu-week-brussels-barroso-ireland-lisbon-treaty.html<p>Ireland's stubborness is paying off as they succeed in their European goals. On 11 December the conservative president of the European commission ceded to Irish demands of 'one commissioner per country'. The Lisbon treaty originally plans to slim the executive body down. Latest news from Brussels<br></p> <p><br></p> ('Sarah Truesdale',)Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:00:00 -0000193685Why the EU aims to liberalise postal services http://www.cafebabel.co.uk/article/23654/why-the-eu-aims-to-liberalise-postal-services.html<p>Plus answers to the question 'how much do you get charged for making a bank transfer?' and more in our weekly newsbites from Brussels</p> ('Nabeelah Shabbir',)Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:00:00 -0000152207Constitution tension ... in a Finnish sauna http://www.cafebabel.co.uk/article/2985/constitution-tension-in-a-finnish-sauna.html<p>Temperatures soar as a group of young European journalists get steamed up about the Lisbon Treaty</p> ('Angela Steen',)Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:00:00 -0000156819Gordon Brown’s referendum conundrum http://www.cafebabel.co.uk/article/22586/gordon-browns-referendum-conundrum.html<p>Under pressure from all sides, and from within his own party, the British PM continues to resist a referendum on the EU constitution</p> ('Sarah Gray',)Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:00:00 -0000150711Online outlaws http://www.cafebabel.co.uk/article/19798/online-outlaws.html<p>10 million online gamblers, 2, 000 websites: the online gaming community is ever-expanding, becoming a huge phenomenon in Europe. But in legal speak, things are far from harmonised</p> Mon, 29 Jan 2007 12:00:00 -0000146439