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...Commission's President and possibly its other members should be elected. Supporters of the move argue that it would do much to overcome the European Union's current "democracy deficit," the perception that the E.U. is insufficiently accountable to the public. Yet others, including the Commission's current President Romano Prodi, fear it would be impossible for any candidate to run an effective E.U.-wide campaign. "Elections for a President would definitely increase the legitimacy of the Commission,'' says Crossick. "National governments are attacked all the time for mismanagement, and people accept it. But Brussels is seen as a foreign...
Everybody Loves Raymond: Ray Romano...
...extending his government consulting contract. Through a mixture of shrugs and subterfuge, the Berlusconi government usually manages to skate past these lapses in taste. But with Scajola's offensive comments, its luck ran out. "The government, as insurance companies would say, has a natural predisposition for accidents," wrote Sergio Romano, a conservative columnist for the daily Corriere della Sera. The Scajola mishap has given Berlusconi his shakiest week in office yet. And after a strong showing by the center-left in recent local elections, the poll-happy Prime Minister has suddenly got shy about releasing his own popularity numbers. Berlusconi...
...complaints over Israeli behavior. First up: Israel's effort to limit the terms of a U.N. fact-finding mission established to investigate the recent battle at Jenin. Israel is holding off for fear that it is being set up for prosecution or a smear campaign. But European Union commissioner Romano Prodi says he'll use Sunday's Washington summit to press President Bush to "use his influence" to persuade Israel to back down on its "unacceptable" response to a U.N. Security Council resolution backed by the U.S. Even stronger language came from Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak, who warned...
...Commission plans. "This is a death sentence for our fishing industry," says Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, a Spanish conservative and member of the European Parliament. Publication of Fischler's proposals was delayed after Spanish Prime Minister José María Aznar reportedly pressured Commission President Romano Prodi to soften the reforms. Around the same time Steffen Smidt, the Danish chief of the Commission bureaucracy on fisheries and a strong supporter of the plans, was dismissed, prompting charges that he was forced out for opposing any changes. Then E.U. transport and energy Commissioner Loyola de Palacio, a Spanish conservative with...