Bonde’s last speech in the Parliament
13 may 2008 - Last Thursday, 8 May, Mr. Jens-Peter Bonde officially withdrew from his MEP seat in the Parliament and allowed Hanne Dahl to replace him. His position as ID Group Co-President will be taken by Kathy Sinnott, Irish...
Bonde's Political Testament
7 may 2008 - Jens-Peter Bonde is leaving the Parliament, but not politics altogether. While he will focus now on leading the EUDemocrats, he wants to leave behind a 10 point legacy – a political testament. In it he names the most...
The next President of Europe
5 may 2008 - It is nice to see that every European newspaper and the electronic media have a big coverage of the election of a new US President almost every day. It is only sad that they cover even the selection of candidates for...
Censorship in the European Parliament! - The European Business and Parliament Scheme
2 may 2008 - Following the story on the alleged lobbying office recently found within the European Parliament on April 30, EUD President Jens-Peter Bonde decided to pay a visit to the European Business and Parliament Scheme...
The Lisbon Treaty explained
24 april 2008 - The EUDemocrats are happy to announce the publishing of two books on the Treaty of Lisbon by our President, Jens-Peter Bonde. The books, which have been in the making for the past months, seek to help readers...
Commission President misleading the Irish
18 april 2008 - Speaking to Irish students today, Commission President Barroso misleadingly declared that there is no change on the issue of taxation that the Lisbon Treaty will bring.
Facebook and EUD Malta
16 april 2008 - Launched in 2004, Facebook is a social network that has gathered more than 69 million users within its pages. Created initially as an university network for students, it is now the place to go for exchanging...
EUDemocrats Congress
8 April 2008 - On 4th of April 2008, representatives from all over Europe attended the EUD Congress in Copenhagen, Denmark. With over 12 leading figures from national parties and movements, the Congress addressed such issues as...
Make politics, not war
3 april 2008 - Reform, debate, protest and professionalism – but not hate or rivalry: these are words that can best describe the career of Jens-Peter Bonde during his long tenure at the European Parliament. He was always one of...
Jens-Peter Bonde leaves the European Parliament!
25 march 2008 - – Veteran MEP decides to focus on leading the EUDemocrats-
On 9 May this year, the euro deputy who was first elected in 1979 and has been active in the European Parliament ever since, will quit the position in...
Around Europe with the EUDemocrats
19 march 2008 - Today we will take a look at the activities of EUD member organizations or politicians inside the European Union. We, at the EUDemocrats, always strive to promote our values for democracy and transparency further....
Summary of the Secret Audit Report of the EP
12 march 2008 - Last week the EUD revealed some key information on a secret report presented before the Committee on Budgetary Control of the European Parliament. The highlight in this particular document is that it contains...
EUDemocrats reveal secret report
26 feb 2008 - Fraud in the European Parliament!
by Jens-Peter Bonde
Breaking News!
Tuesday, late afternoon, the Committee on Budget Control voted on whether the question on publishing the internal document should be put at...
Communist elected as president in Cyprus
25 feb 2008 – Promises to renew the unification talks with the Turkish Cypriots as well as a pledge to defend Cyprus’s best interests before the EU were elements that helped 61-year old Dimitris Christofias win the presidential...
European Parliament says “YES” to Lisbon Treaty
20 feb 2008 - After more than two hours of debate on the troublesome piece of paper that has come, after bearing several titles, to be called the Lisbon Treaty, the European Parliament gathered in Strasbourg has passed a...
Kosovo declares independence: what will the EU do?
18 feb 2008 - On Sunday, the democratically elected Prime Minister of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi, read out loud that "From now onward, Kosovo is proud, independent, sovereign and free". Seeking "the blessing of the world", the Kosovar...
Lisbon Conference: Overnight deal struck on new treaty
19 Oct 2007 - “With this agreement we have managed to get out of stalemate… we will be ready to tackle the world’s challenges”. It is in these words that Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates announced on Friday at around 02:00...
The danger of a militarised EU - An Irish point of view...
12 July 2007 - At the issue of the June summit which was held on June 21 to 22 the EU elite agreed on the terms of reference of the new treaty which is to be drafted during the Portuguese presidency before the end of 2007....
The EUDemocrats Adopt their Political Demands
05 July 2007 - Following a majority vote in the annual party Congress on June 22nd, the EUDemocrats' Assembly has adopted an in-depth version of its political demands. Based on the four pillars that constitute the basis of the...
From the draft Constitution to the Reform Treaty
25 June 2007 - “What counts for me is that we have emerged from paralysis” German Chancellor Angela Merkel said at the end of the European Summit on Sunday morning. It seems that, although the previous draft of the Constitution...
A European Constitution : Sooner or Later ?
18 June 2007 - Since the French and the Dutch “No” to the European Constitution, the future of the latter has been uncertain. Indeed, Member States agreed to a “period of reflection”. This period ended with the Austrian...
The Future of Europe is in good hands...
23 May 2007 - On the 22nd of May, in Strasbourg, MEPs met around the Prime Minister of Italy, Mr. Romano Prodi to talk about the Future of Europe. In a very motivated speech, Mr. Prodi highlighted what he thought was important....
Is democracy only fine when its outcomes suit political leaders?
15 May 2007 - On Saturday, in Portugal, Angela Merkel reiterated for the hundredth time that it was a matter of urgency to find an agreement on the future of the European Constitution. The new deadline is the end of June which is...
The French have chosen!
7 May 2007 - On the 6th of May 2007 at 20.00, the face of the new president of France was unveiled on the national television with right-wing Nicolas Sarkozy obtaining 53.06%, a confortable advance on her leftist rival Segolene...
EU tax commissioner to propose single EU company tax base
2 May 2007 - EUobserver reports that EU tax commissioner Laszlo Kovacs is to propose the introduction of a single EU company tax base, a proposal that is expected to cause a clash within the college of 27 commissioners as well as...
Biofuel won't save the environment
25 Apr 2007 - Climate change due to global warming has become quite a sensitive issue among the European public. In an attempt to show they care, EU leaders have, in the framework of the Lisbon agenda, taken various commitments...
The Sword of Damocles Threatening Civil Liberties
16 Apr 2007 - Over the last few years, in the absence of significant threat there has been a growing political will to create a European army and to strengthen our stance against terrorism and transnational crime all the while...
The Alternative Berlin Declaration
29 Mar 2007 - At the end of the Berlin Conference on March 23-25 2007, the EUDemocrats, along with the other organisers, presented the "Alternative Berlin Declaration". This declaration intends to counter the official Declaration...
PR event: The 50 years of the Treaty of Rome or How to domesticate the people
28 Mar 2007 - This week end’s celebrations of the fifty years of the Treaty of Rome witness the attempts made by the EU leaders to redress their reputation towards a growing discouragement in the public. The Berlin PR event was...
Launching the EU Lobbyists' register
20 Mar 2007 - In accordance with its previous commitments, the Commission has launched a strategy to improve transparency in the decision-making process. One of the most criticized part of this process concerns the influence...
Parliament initiative: Utopia or reality?
27 Feb 2007 - Tackling the monopoly of the Commission to propose EU laws has been an issue for some MEPs for more than a decade but any proposal to change the status of the Commission provokes reactions that usually range between...
The No didn’t bring the crisis; the crisis brought the No!
26 Feb 2007 - “Initiative for a European Constituent Assembly” is the name of a conference held in Paris on February 23rd and 24th attended by EUD staff. The Event was organized by Jean-Luc Melenchon, socialist senator in France...
When the EU started to look at the stars...
16 Feb 2007 - Subsidiarity is a principle according to which the decisions are to be taken as closely as possible from the citizens. Although it is one of the principles of the European Union a growing number of people are...
Member States choking investigation on CIA flights
14 Feb 2007 - MEPs have voted favourably to a highly critical report accusing 14 Member States of accepting and concealing illegal actions conducted by the CIA from 2001 to 2005 such as transporting presumed terrorists using...
The EU: between National interest and economic lobbies
06 Feb 2007 - In the past few weeks, the European Commission has been searching for effective measures in order to involve the car industry in the efforts to tackle climate change. Because of the poor results obtained by this...
EU to improve transparency
01 Feb 2007 - Along with democracy, flexibility and subsidiarity, transparency is one of the four major reforms the EUDemocrats would like to see in tomorrow’s EU. However increasing citizen’s requests to access information have...
Monty Merkel and the Holy Grail
26 Jan 2007 - A few months ago, German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s words were: “I would consider it an historical failure if we do not succeed in working out the substance of the Constitutional Treaty by the time the next European...
Democracy, yes! But without the people
24 Jan 2007 - German Chancelor Angela Merkel is multiplying the means of pressure to get the Constitutional zombie, uh… body ratified by the bad pupils of the class. Altogether, eighteen Member States have ratified the...
EU policies lacking representation
15 Jan 2007 - In an interview for newspaper Welt am Sonntag, Germany’s ex-president Roman Herzog declared that “EU policies suffer to an alarming degree from a lack of democracy and a de facto suspension of the separation of...
German minister bypasses national parliament in EU debate
12 Jan 2007 – German minister Brigit Zypries was criticised by German MP’s on her consent for the creation of a new EU fundamental rights agency during an EU justice ministers’ meeting on 4-5 December. Her agreement occurred...
Germany keen on developping European FBI
04 Jan 2007 - Four days after taking over the EU presidency, Germany is ready to go for further integration. The German daily Die Welt am Sonntag recently published an article showing that the interior ministers of Germany,...
The Euro loses more and more of its popularity
03 Jan 2007 - A majority of French people believe the switch to the euro five years ago was bad for their country, according to a recent poll, which suggests the French blame the common European currency for damaging economic...
Convicted sheep No 639!
19 Dec. 2006 - Harmonization is a very surprising issue. After the banana and the cucumber regulations which usefully describe the appearence, shape and texture of these « natural » products, the Commission has struck again with...
The EU will decline
12 Dec. 2006 - In an interview made by the BBC's Westminster hour, professor Alberto Alesina of Harvard University, co-author of a book called The future of Europe - Reform of decline, stressed that Europe's economy "has lost the...
Disagreement on giving up veto rights
6 Dec 06 - Currently all judicial agreements on EU level must be agreed unanimously by all 25 states. But the European Commission says the fight against terrorism shows the need to be able to reach decisions by majority. At least...
29% of Germans on being in the EU: disadvantages prevail
22 Nov 06 - The German daily F.A.Z. reports on a poll which was done by the Association of banks (BdB). 1529 German voters were asked. The result reflects drastically how far away German citizens are from the EU and how little...
No question: The Euro IS to be introduced!
16 Nov 06 - An announcement by the Polish government to ask the Polish citizens whether or not they would prefer the Euro to the Zloty in a referendum in 2010 caused some friendly clarification on the part of EU officials. The...
The EU Constitution will not be ratified in Germany
31 Oct 06 - The German Supreme Court announced this Tuesday that it will postpone the decision about the destiny of the EU Constitution in Germany. The Court’s decision will be delayed until after there is final agreement on the...
Since 12 years in a row: No discharge of the EU's budget
27 Oct 06 - This week the European Court of Auditors (ECA) has refused the discharge of the EU's budget for 12 years in a row. Its report cites "weak internal controls for the majority of EU expenditure, both within Member States...
54% of UK business doubts benefit of single market
16 Oct 06 - A new ICM poll of 1,000 UK Chief Executives, commissioned by the British think tank Open Europe, finds that businesses feel that the European Union is moving in the wrong direction, and producing too much costly...