EU Heads: We’ll Fight It Out Another Day
- June 21st, 2008
- Posted by Lee Duffield
European leaders ended their Brussels conference on Friday (20.6.08) unsuccessful in settling political problems over their governing Treaty, but declaring confidence in being able to find a way in the coming year.
The 27 heads of government and heads of state have also taken up a package of short term measures, to ease crisis brought on in parts of the European Union, by steeply rising prices for foodstuffs and oil. … Read More »
The European Commission has produced a short-term assistance package to help industries and private citizens hit by sharply rising oil prices and related costs for food and other commodities. 
The European Commission has announced new plans (17.10.07) to put a stop to illegal fishing in its own waters – and in waters around the world. 
The seas surrounding Europe have been named as the next field of opportunity, in the drive to squeeze more growth, jobs and sustainability out of the resources of the Old Continent.
Commentary: The world has been warned to stand by for a generation of sometimes absurdist claims and confrontations over the Arctic Circle, since the region has been losing its chill. Lee Duffield writes. 
As the Group of Eight (G8) meeting took a step, definitely not a large stride, towards decisive world action on climate change, the EU was gearing up for environmental actions, both more down-to-earth, and out at sea. 
Climate change, asylum seekers, environmental moves on fisheries and flying, more changes in agriculture are in the diary for this month — and the diary notes some unusual media mentions for Australia.