In the preliminary elections of the Social Democrats Halonen ran against Pertti Paasio, a member of the European Parliament and former party chairman, and Jacob Söderman, the European Ombudsman.

** The European Parliament elects the first European Ombudsman, Jacob Söderman, who takes up office in September 1995.

The European Ombudsman ( or sometimes Euro-Ombudsman ) is an ombudsman for the European Union, based in the Salvador de Madariaga Building in Strasbourg.

The European Ombudsman was established by the Maastricht Treaty and the first, Jacob Söderman of Finland, was elected by Parliament in 1995.

* Election of the European Ombudsman, European Parliament

* EOI – European Ombudsman Institute EOI – European Ombudsman Institute

* The European Ombudsman European Navigator

On the political level, Tillack complained to the European Ombudsman, who wrote a special report in May 2005 in which he recommended that OLAF should acknowledge that it made incorrect and misleading statements in its submissions to him and that the European Parliament could consider adopting his recommendation as a resolution.

The European Ombudsman, while not given a formal role in the Europol Convention, seems to have gained de facto recognition as an arbitrator in Europol matters relating to requests for access to documents and Europol staff disputes.

Articles 20 to 24 establishes EU citizenship and accords rights to it ; to free movement, consular protection from other states, vote and stand in local and European elections, right to petition Parliament and the European Ombudsman and to contact and receive a reply from EU institutions in their own language.

In addition, Articles 8-8E of the Treaty on European Union introduce the notion of ' Citizenship of the European Union ' which confers five rights on citizens of the Member States: ( a ) the right to move and reside freely within the Member States, ( b ) the right to vote and stand for election in the Member State in which the EU citizen resides, ( c ) the right to protection by the diplomatic or consular authorities of any Member State in a country where his or her own State is not represented, ( d ) the right to petition the European Parliament, and ( e ) the right to apply to the European Ombudsman.

Even so astute a commentator as Harold Clurman of The Nation has said that `` Waiting For Godot '' is `` the concentrate of the contemporary European mood of despair ''.

And it is clearly argued by Lord Percy of Newcastle, in his remarkable long essay, The Heresy Of Democracy, and in a more general way by Voegelin, in his New Science Of Politics, that this same Rousseauan idea, descending through European democracy, is the source of Marx's theory of the dictatorship of the proletariat.

As Sandburg said at the time: `` It is as ancient as the medieval European ballads brought to the Appalachian Mountains, it is as modern as skyscrapers, the Volstead Act, and the latest oil well gusher ''.

At some cities, this pick-up and delivery service is without additional charge, and, if you are budget-wise, when you are planning your itinerary, you will take advantage of these free delivery and collection stations in major cities within the larger European countries.

It is well to bear in mind that gasoline will cost from $.80 to $.90 for the equivalent of a United States gallon and while you might prefer a familiar Ford, Chevrolet or even a Cadillac, which are available in some countries, it is probably wiser to choose the smaller European makes which average thirty, thirty-five and even forty miles to the gallon.

Rates for American cars are somewhat higher, ranging from about $8.00 a day up to $14.00 a day for a Chevrolet Convertible, but the rate per kilometer driven is roughly the same as for the larger European models.

Since most European cars average more miles per gallon of gasoline than American cars, it naturally follows that the cost per kilometer for these models will be less, but the greater seating capacity of the large American cars will equalize this, provided your group is sufficiently large to fill a 7-passenger limousine.

Bumblebees can thus suffer severely from the onslaughts of Psithyrus, the `` cuckoo-bumblebee '' as it is called in some European countries.

The scheme, in theory, is an ingenious adaptation of European registration systems to the conditions of African life.

But where the core of NATO is concerned, the Secretary of State has not only reiterated the United States' profound attachment to the alliance, `` cornerstone '' of its foreign policy, but has announced that five nuclear submarines will eventually be at NATO's disposal in European waters.

Balenciaga is her favorite European designer.

There can be no doubt that the American Catholic accomplishment in the field of higher education is most impressive: our European brethren never cease to marvel at the number and the size of our colleges and universities.

This is similar to the notion of chivalry, but unlike that European concept, in i ' thar attention is focused on everything in existence.

Socio-cultural anthropology is considered anthropology proper in most of Europe, and in the parts of the world that were influenced by the European tradition.

In some European countries, all cultural anthropology is known as ethnology ( a term coined and defined by Adam F. Kollár in 1783 ).

It is a popular belief that alchemists made contributions to the " chemical " industries of the day — ore testing and refining, metalworking, production of gunpowder, ink, dyes, paints, cosmetics, leather tanning, ceramics, glass manufacture, preparation of extracts, liquors, and so on ( it seems that the preparation of aqua vitae, the " water of life ", was a fairly popular " experiment " among European alchemists ).

The Sargasso Sea contains large amounts of seaweed and is also the spawning ground for both the European eel and the American eel.

The road between Lubango and Namibe, for example, was completed recently with funding from the European Union, and is comparable to many European main routes.

Most European domestic power supplies run at 230 V, so the current drawn by a particular European appliance ( in Europe ) will be less than for an equivalent American one ( in the United States ).< ref group =" Note "> The formula for power is given by

He has been a member of Carlyle Group's European Advisory Board since 1998 and was appointed Chairman of Carlyle Europe in May 2001.

The settlers were partly allowed in 1907 a voice in government through the Legislative Council, a European organization to which some were appointed and others elected.

The government appointed a European to represent African interests on the Council.

When Peter Sutherland was appointed the Republic of Ireland's European Commissioner, Labour demanded the choice of the next Attorney General.

Rabbi Chaim Weiner succeeded Louis Jacobs as head of the New London Synagogue, but when Weiner was appointed head of the new European Masorti Beth Din in 2005, Jacobs returned.

Robert Rex, ethnically part European, part native, was appointed the country's first premier, a position he held until his death 18 years later.

Kinnock was appointed one of Britain's two members of the European Commission, which he served first as Transport Commissioner under President Jacques Santer, in early 1995 ; marking the end of his 25 years in UK parliament.

When Wilson re-entered government in 1974 Jenkins returned to the Home Office, but, increasingly disenchanted by the swing to the left of the Labour Party, he chose to leave British politics in 1976 and was appointed President of the European Commission in 1977, serving until 1981: he was the first and to date only British holder of this office.

Jenkins had wanted to become Foreign Secretary, but accepted an appointment as President of the European Commission ( succeeding François-Xavier Ortoli ) after Callaghan appointed Anthony Crosland to the Foreign Office.

He was convinced the European officials appointed to rule the Samoans were incompetent, and after many futile attempts to resolve the matter, he published A Footnote to History.

He appointed Ivan Blot, an intellectual who would later join the National Front, as director of his campaigns for the 1979 European election.

Recently appointed Commission President Jacques Delors ( Delors Commission ) presided over the adoption of the European flag by the Communities in 1986.

In 1960 Macmillan appointed Heath Lord Privy Seal with responsibility for the negotiations to secure the UK's first attempt to join the Common Market ( as the European Community was then called ).

The conference appointed a new European Secretariat and elected Michel Raptis, a Greek resident in France also known as Michel Pablo, the organisational secretary of its European Bureau.

( Although Cruden appears to have made an error in writing this, since his source, Holinshed, does not date Borthwick that early, and Caldwell agrees ) By 1511 Edinburgh was the principal foundry in Scotland, supplanting Stirling Castle, with Scottish and European smiths working under Borthwick, who by 1512 was appointed " master melter of the king's guns ".

The question of a reduction in the size of the European Commission after enlargement was resolved to a degree — the Treaty providing that once the number of Member States reached 27, the number of Commissioners appointed in the subsequent Commission would be reduced by the Council to below 27, but without actually specifying the target of that reduction.

As a result of the Messina Conference of 1955, Paul-Henri Spaak was appointed as chairman of a preparatory committee ( Spaak Committee ) charged with the preparation of a report on the creation of a common European market.

After the Capetian Miracle, no further margraves were appointed and " Neustria " disappeared as a European political term.

President Eisenhower appointed Martin as the Representative of the United States to the European Office of the United Nations in Geneva, and he served in that office 1960 – 62.

Carl Friedrich Gauss wrote a famous paper on the dynamics of an asteroid in his early 20s, which certainly had a European vogue, and was appointed to a chair partly on the strength of this result.

Kenneth Clarke was soon appointed a Government whip, and served as such from 1972 to 1974 ; he helped ensure Edward Heath's government win key votes on entry to the European Economic Community ( now the EU ) with the assistance of Labour rebels.

In 1889 she was appointed Professor Ordinarius ( Professorial Chair holder ) at Stockholm University, the first woman to hold such a position at a northern European university.

In 2005, the singer was appointed as WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Maternal and Child Health in the European Region.

When Ireland joined the European Economic Community, Jack Lynch appointed Ó Dálaigh as Ireland's judge on the European Court of Justice.