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Throughout the European Union, the E.U. Reform Treaty (a.k.a. the Treaty of Lisbon) is trundling toward ratification by each of the 27 member states. In the U.K., for example, the ratifying legislation has, with much acrimony, recently completed its passage through the House of Commons, and it will soon start its passage through the House of Lords. So, it is a good time to take a hard look at the nature of the treaty, and indeed to ask the question of what the E.U. is really all about...
...treaty is, of course, secondhand goods. Some three years ago, with much fanfare, the European Union Constitutional Treaty was launched, only to bite the dust when the French and Dutch rejected it in national referendums. This is its second coming. Although the form is different, experts are divided only as to whether 95% of the content is the same, or merely 90%. Since all the most important constitutional innovations of the earlier treaty have been carried forward to the present one, that is neither here nor there...
...readily dismiss those who believe the E.U. is, or should be, about economics. The relevant economic context is not European but global, and the responsibility for pursuing economic policies that will enable business and industry to prosper in a globalized world economy is national. No, the purpose of the E.U., right from the start, even when it called itself the European Economic Community, has always been political...
Allam is the latest example of Benedict's attempts to re-engage contemporary European secular culture as well. The official Church line is that the decision for the Pope to perform the baptism himself was not extraordinary. Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi emphasized that Allam was just one of seven adults baptized Saturday during an Easter vigil mass, saying that the Pope performed the rite "without making any 'difference of people,' that is, considering all equally important before the love of God and welcoming all in the community of the Church." Nonetheless, Allam's public conversion is another reminder that...
...hurried straight to a firm double handshake with Cameron in the shadow of Big Ben followed by a discussion covering a similar palette of subjects to the earlier meeting with Brown. After that, McCain fitted in a Republican fundraiser in London's posh Mayfair district before continuing on his European travels...