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The report from an Ad Hoc Committee of the Bulgarian National Assembly provides an intriguing insight into the controversial BOTAS - Agreement signed on 3 January 2023 - writes Dick Roche, former Irish Minister for European Affairs. When the Agreement was signed the Commission was blindsided. It had no prior knowledge of the deal and […]
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The Fine Gael politician has scraped through tight corners in politics to become taoiseach-designate
In a recent speech in Vienna to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Kazakhstan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Murat Nurtleu, said his country firmly believes that at a time of unprecedented global turmoil and geopolitical shifts, the role of multilateral institutions such as the OCSE, is as crucial as ever. The European Union’s delegation was quick […]
Fresh faces and new ideas are a must
In “Economy and Society” Max Weber wrote, “bureaucracy naturally welcomes a poorly informed and hence a powerless parliament--at least in so far as ignorance somehow agrees with the bureaucracy's interests” - write Dick Roche. For the best part of a year, the actions of the EU Commission and EIOPA demonstrate that one hundred years after […]