Rasmussen NATO Secretary General: The secret conditions

Yes, the Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen will become NATO Secretary General.

His (secret) contract conditions will include the prohibition to look at any caricatures while being in office, especially those which harm the reputation of military personal of highest level or which attack militaristic dogmas and other idiotic world views promoted and worshipped (attention: worship, not warship) by NATO.

The Turkish government tried to get rid of these contract terms put in by Saint Obama but were duped by El Presidente Berlusconi (he did the same with the British Queen and the German Princess).

However, in exchange to these concessions, Turkey may now restrict the cultural freedom of Kurds, so far forbidden by Article 301 of the Turkish penal code.

Hanne Dahl (Danish MEP) brings baby to the European Parliament

I saw the picture in a Romanian newspaper:

A baby in the European Parliament

Hanne Dahl, a Danish MEP from the eurosceptic party JuniBevægelsen (Independence/Democracy Group) has brought her 3 month old baby to the EP session last week.

According to press reports, Dahl did not intend to make a political statement but needed to take her child because her husband could not be in Brussels that day.

Yet, she - and her party - are now using the international attention that the picture has brought to them to make a case for MEPs who want to go on parental leave. So far, this is not possible - MEPs have the choice to leave the European Parliament or simply remain on duty and letting their children with a partner.

Can it be that a eurosceptic deputy brings some positive attention to the European Parliament...?!

Bridging the gap

Spiegel.de (English version) reports that after 15 years of negotiations, Denmark and Germany will now sign an agreement to build a 19 km bridge connecting both countries.

Denmark in conflict with European Court of Justice

While some say that "there's no news" in August, Le Monde reports:

"Denmark is heavily questioning a judgement of the European Court of Justice concerning the Irish legislation dealing with family reunions. The Luxembourg judges have indicated that the foreign - "non-EU" - spouse of a European citizen could move and travel around with this citizen within the Union without previously having legally resided within one member state. This decision goes against the more and more restrictive policies implemented in that matter in several European Union member states."

(own translation)

(See also the press release [pdf] of the case (N° C-127/08) "Metock and Others v Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform".)

That is another example of the tendency of the European Court of Justice to take decisions that are extremely pro-integrationist, especially when it deals with questions of free movement within the European Union.


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