Poll shows that 71% of respondents are opposed to presidential nomination of the head of France Télévisions. 11% have no opinion; 18% agree with Sarkozy that it is “logical” that the state should name the head of a corporation it owns.
Unfortunately Le Parisien does not provide the text of the questions asked; Le Monde is […]
Minister for Public Administration Renato Brunetta launched, a little over a month ago, what he called a ‘transparency operation‘. The idea is to publish online all the details for the personnel of public bodies, including contact details and rates of abstenteeism and other absences, so that Tizio or Caio (the Italian version of Smith or […]
From the comments in this Le Monde article it seems that Sarkozy has actually thought about this, and wasn’t speaking in impromptu fashion.
This suggestion goes against the trend of moving such appointments away from the executive. Reaction is somewhere between hostile and incensed.
The argument in favour of presidential nomination is that too often the current […]
After packing a previously uncontroversial bill full with measures that would help Retequattro avoid a move to satellite, the government yesterday lost a vote on one of the provisions contained there, on bird protection, of all things.
Gioacchino Alfano, justice minister, has now promised to listen to the opposition’s concerns about Retequattro. Quite what this means […]
From Inside the CBC:
Joseph Handley is the retired Premier of the Northwest Territories, a position he occupied from 2003 to 2007. Throughout his political career in the Northwest Territories, he held many positions, including Minister of Finance; Minister of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development; and Minister of Aboriginal and Intergovernmental Affairs and Housing. Prior to […]
PRESIDENZA DEL CONSIGLIO:
Maurizio BALOCCHI (Semplificazione normativa) - Lega Nord
Paolo BONAIUTI (Editoria) - Forza Italia
Michela Vittoria BRAMBILLA (Turismo) - Forza Italia
Aldo BRANCHER (Federalismo) - Forza Italia
Rocco CRIMI (Sport) - Forza Italia
Carlo Amedeo GIOVANARDI (Famiglia, droga e Servizio civile) - Liberali
Gianfranco MICCICHÈ (CIPE) - Forza Italia
AFFARI ESTERI
Stefania Gabriella Anastasia CRAXI - Forza Italia
Alfredo MANTICA - Alleanza Nazionale
Enzo […]
Walter Veltroni has come out against nominating a new Rai board with the current law. Whilst one might disagree with the method found in the current law to appoint board members (seven of nine members by parliamentary committee, president plus one ordinary member by ministerial nomination subject to two-thirds majority in the same committee), it […]
Romano Prodi has recently announced his retiral from Italian politics. Today, I chanced upon a reference to his work at IRI from almost twenty-five years ago, in Musella, Luigi, Craxi, Roma: Salerno Editrice, 2007
“Prodi, president of IRI, asked for a meeting with Craxi. Prodi had the right, by law, to choose six of the sixteen […]
From Inside CBC.com:
Late last week, the federal government appointed three new members to the CBC Board of Directors. Two of the three have strong ties to the Conservative party.
Opposition MPs claimed the appointments to the CBC Board were part of a larger strategy to fill vacancies on federal Boards in advance of a possible federal […]
Outsider eyed as new leader of NHK. [Hollywood Reporter]
New director for France 2. [Hollywood Reporter] [Le Monde]
