• Constitution for Europe

    Carl Gardner
    January 5, 2007

    Two interesting papers from Bondwoman about the European Constitution, and about constitutional prognosis over the next few years.

    I think it’s depressing that the German Presidency intends to try to revive this misconceived, failed project. Politicians across Europe […]

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  • Pegylated interferon: straight to market?

    Carl Gardner
    January 3, 2007

    Yesterday it was reported that a team at Imperial College, London have developed a new, cheap version of interferon to treat hepatitis C, by altering its molecular structure. Instead of coating the interferon with sugar, they can insert […]

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  • Romania and Bulgaria: transitional labour market restrictions

    Carl Gardner
    December 31, 2006

    I notice that on her excellent EU Blawg (Bleuwg?) Bondwoman
    (towards the end of her post) had earlier this month made a similar point to the one I made in my http://www.gooakley.com/ last post, about the UK’s […]

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  • Enlargement: Romania and Bulgaria

    Carl Gardner
    December 31, 2006

    You’ve been on another continent if you don’t know these countries are joining the EU tomorrow.

    Most of the media’s emphasis will be on the national measures the UK is entitled to take restricting the access of Bulgarians and […]

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  • De Villepin interviewed

    Carl Gardner
    December 22, 2006

    For 17 hours, so Le Monde says. Astonishing. I know the French police have a somewhat tougher approach than their counterparts this side of the channel, but nothing illustrates it better than the difference between their treatment of their […]

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  • Irving, again

    Carl Gardner
    December 21, 2006

    The Austrian authorities now say they will deport David Irving “schnellstmöglichst”, which means very, very, very quickly indeed. It may not be quite as a quick as that, but I dare say he’ll be here well before Christmas. […]

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  • "Johnny" loses appeal in Cour de Cassation

    Carl Gardner
    December 21, 2006

    It’s not a good time to be a grand old man of pop. Sir Cliff and Sir Paul have hardly got over the bad news from Gowers, and now in Paris, Le Monde reports that Johnny Hallyday has […]

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  • Ryanair, Aer Lingus and the European Commission

    Carl Gardner
    December 21, 2006

    Ryanair is expressing disappointment about the Commission’s decision to launch a detailed investigation into its proposed takeover of Aer Lingus – but surely it can’t be surprised. The two airlines are each other’s major competitor on routes from Ireland to […]

  • Irving, again

    Carl Gardner
    December 21, 2006

    The Austrian authorities now say they will deport David Irving “schnellstmöglichst”, which means very, very, very quickly indeed. It may not be quite as a quick as that, but I dare say he’ll be here well before Christmas. […]

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  • David Irving: holocaust denial and free speech

    Carl Gardner
    December 20, 2006

    Given my attitude to David Irving, his conviction and sentence in Austria and his questionable release, as shown in my earlier posts, I thought I’d better explain my position since many people who are far from supportive of holocaust denial […]

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