EU succession certificate is the introduction of an EU property tax - Batten
• European Parliament, Strasbourg, 12 March 2012
• Speaker: Gerard Batten MEP, UKIP (London), Europe of Freedom and Democracy (EFD) group
• Debate: Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions and authentic instruments in matters of succession and the creation of a European Certificate of Succession
"Well Commissioner, you picked the right man. Puppet Papademos is in place and as Athens caught fire on Sunday night he rather took my breath away. He said, 'Violence and destruction have no place in a democratic country.'
Statement by Herman VAN ROMPUY, President of the European Council, on the conclusions of the Informal European Council that took place on 30 January in Brussels: extract on a new separate treaty.
Greek default is essentially a given: S&P - Jan. 24, 2012
Greece will eventually default on its debts, even if the nation reaches a deal with the private sector to restructure its debts, according to a panel of experts.
John Chambers, head of sovereign ratings at Standard & Poor's, said Tuesday that the deal being negotiated between Greece and private sector investors would "in all likelihood" qualify as a default.
Sanctions dodge: India to pay gold for Iran oil, China may follow -- RT
India has reportedly agreed to pay Tehran in gold for the oil it buys, in a move aimed at protecting Delhi from US-sanctions targeting countries who trade with Iran. China, another buyer of Iranian oil, may follow Delhi's lead. The report, by the Israeli-based news website DEBKAfile, states that Iran and India are negotiating backup alternatives with China and Russia, should the US and EU find a way to block the gold payment mechanism.
Extract on the recent EFSF downgrade by Herman VAN ROMPUY, President of the European Council, during the press conference that followed his meeting with Mariano RAJOY, Prime Minister of Spain, on 17 January in Madrid.
It's D-Day for the euro, with intense talks among EU leaders in Brussels suffering its first setback. Britain and Hungary refused to accept EU-wide treaty changes, leaving the rest of the club to work out their own currency-saving solutions. The UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage believes, that Eurozone countries are now trapped inside economic prison called euro.
Extract on the euro currency, from the speech by Herman VAN ROMPUY, President of the European Council, at the 1st Conference of EU Heads of Delegation, EUSR and Chargés d’Affaires, Brussels.
