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...political and administrative mechanisms. There has been an attempt over the last few years to address the functioning of the institutions. There was an agreement of member governments during the Irish Presidency of Europe on a European Constitution but this failed when it was turned down in a referendum in both The Netherlands and France. Now the campaign is on to have what is termed the Reform Treaty or Lisbon Treaty accepted. The real debate on this treaty, which deals with the need for strengthening and reforming the Institutions and structures to deal with existing and forthcoming Enlargement, is taking...
...This has already materialised in that the issues of taxation and neutrality which play no part in the treaty have already been used as a scare tactic by the opponents of the treaty. The campaign will also not be assisted by the fact that the electorate could use this referendum as a means to censure the domestic policies of a government which is one year into its third consecutive term in office...
With the establishment of such a committee, all need for the Student Council would disappear. And since many on the Council, as well as most in the student body, seem to feel that this would be a good idea, a referendum to abolish the Council should be the Student Council’s next--and, hopefully, last—project...
...online student referendum called by Petersen, 84 percent of the 3,467 undergraduate votes cast were in favor of the proposal, and on June 6, Interim President Derek C. Bok announced that a University-wide calendar reform had been approved by Harvard’s governing boards. Petersen told The Crimson last year, “The undergraduates and the Undergraduate Council identified a problem and sought to address it, and the governing boards took our concerns seriously...
...militia leader Moqtada al-Sadr has long been one of the galvanizing figures for opposition to the U.S. presence in the country. Friday's massive street protests against Washington's plans for a long-term strategic agreement with Iraq, along with his followers' call for a public referendum on the issue, were further evidence of this. But opposition, or at least skepticism, towards the U.S. appears to be spreading through the ranks of Baghdad's political establishment, even among partisans the United States hopes to win over...