Shouldn t what is good for the goose also be good for the gander?

I believe that it is important that the EU carries out such monitoring in non EU states. But what about elections in EU member states? Shouldn t what is good for the goose also be good for the gander?

The prospects for friction between EU members escalate.

The EU Council s common position on arms exports is legally binding on all EU states.

As a member of the European Union, Greece at least can hope for assistance from other EU members.

The EU must freeze these individuals assets and impose an EU wide travel ban on them.

Thirteen countries in the European Union use the euro as money.

In terms of area, it is the eighth largest country in Europe and the most sparsely populated country in the European Union.

The poorer EU countries will suffer from this development.

But they were small and contiguous to the EU.

Also, the quality of water is much lower than that of European Union countries.

The European Union has supported national disability initiatives in several Eastern European countries.

In fact, the EU countries exceeded the 3 limit 97 times.

No EU member has taken such an approach.

The will to act exists in the EU. Faced with the leaders of Europe s three largest economies, McCreevy is not a serious obstacle.

Estonia was among a group of ten countries admitted to the EU on 1 May 2004.

Japan expects the current negotiation process between France, Germany and the United Kingdom (EU3 EU) and the Islamic Republic of Iran to result in a success.

The three Benelux countries, along with a few other smaller EU nations, are opposed to the new European president being from a large nation.

All of this is happening not in some remote country, far removed from civilization. It is happening in an EU member state.

As for most of the countries of the former Soviet Union, which remain stuck in transit, EU membership is not in the cards for North Africa and the Middle East.

But their ability to grow is being impaired because they lack the resources to confront the massive business lobbies of the EU s most developed and richest countries.

Even the free circulation of workers and people in Europe is a well established and positive reality 2 of EU citizens more than 10 million people reside in a Union member country other than their native one.

Distrust between EU countries seems widespread.

In many EU member states, criminal law has been strengthened and is being used to prevent attacks.

Some European Union countries wanted to push for complete abolition of the death penalty right away. I understand their position.

Among these, young Europeans are the most motivated (a half million EU young people are already studying in another country).

At the EU Western Balkans summit in Thessaloniki in June 2003, all of the EU s member states reiterated their unequivocal support to the European perspective of the Western Balkan countries.

The EU s member states will have to learn to discuss the big geopolitical issues starting with their own security as Europeans, within the EU.

All of this is happening not in some remote country, far removed from civilization.

If several EU members are involved in the export the corresponding authorities should consult.

In other words, the EU should develop a policy under which cutting off supplies to one member country is equivalent to cutting off supplies to all.

They hope to attract likeminded parties in other EU countries and form a parliamentary bloc powerful enough to slay the monster of Europe, as Geert Wilders, the Freedom Party s leader, calls the EU.

Other EU countries, led by France and Germany, can provide foreign aid.

In the worst case, images of violent protests in one EU country might incite others to violence.

Rarely has a leadership change in one EU member state created expectations of a real policy shift.

But, unfortunately, Turkey, like much of the rest of the world, is rather turned off by the EU.

The EU needs to give clear signals to public opinion across the region that meeting EU benchmarks has tangible effects on their lives.

Spain has concluded bilateral social security agreements with 29 countries. Ten are member countries of the European Union, and these agreements are no longer in force having been superseded by European Union regulations.

Now other European Union countries seem under threat, and the EU and the International Monetary Fund are grappling to stem the crisis before another nation trembles.

This report mentioned that in 2003 some 21,870 Turks submitted asylum claims in the EU, of which 2,127 were accepted.

Primary responsibility for safeguarding the rights and well being of all citizens lies with EU member states.

If a product is approved for sale in one EU member state, it is considered safe enough to be sold in another.

The EU s eastern member states, in particular, must not lose their interest in Ukraine's future, otherwise the Union as a whole may soon do the same.

The jewel in its crown is to be the appointment for a 30 month term of a full time president of the European Council, which groups the heads of EU member governments, along with a foreign policy chief who will be backed by an embryonic EU diplomatic service.

The EU s greater economic power still attracts other countries, but this power might lose its luster if the EU continues to disappoint them by failing to meet their expectations.