The EU needs a single focal point to represent them on the international stage. This rotating presidency is unmanageable with 27 nations.
Though that "single focal point" as it stands will not be elected at all (it *would* be an interesting experiment, as far as I'm aware unheard of anywhere else in the world, a multinational election...), but will be decided on in the usual not very democratic way, and with the usual arguments about whether to take someone from the Eurozone or not, whether the candidates are not pro-European enough or too pro-European, whether their country of origin is already overrepresented, and so on.
Ireland accepts Lisbon Treaty
03/10/2009 02:09:29 PM
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A sad sad day for europe
03/10/2009 02:13:53 PM
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Please tell me you didn't vote UKIP at least.
03/10/2009 02:21:38 PM
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United States of Europe! Here we come.
03/10/2009 02:25:16 PM
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We don't get a vote, because we would not say the right thing. So fuck democracy.
03/10/2009 02:29:25 PM
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Why does Tim think No is the right choice?
03/10/2009 11:02:53 PM
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What would you say is the most important effect and/or overall significance of the treaty? *NM*
03/10/2009 02:30:29 PM
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Mostly making the EU less unwieldy.
03/10/2009 02:37:06 PM
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Why on earth would you want to let Turkey in?
03/10/2009 04:05:24 PM
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Several reasons.
03/10/2009 04:41:59 PM
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I am pleased by this. Here is hoping for an effective elected leader.
05/10/2009 03:20:36 PM
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Yeah, that's true...
05/10/2009 03:42:29 PM
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So the European parliament will not elect the leader?
05/10/2009 05:08:25 PM
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Er, that's news to me... but let's look it up.
05/10/2009 05:14:09 PM
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I would have rejected any treaty that would not let me elect a representative or
05/10/2009 06:14:46 PM
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