Interesting: a conflict, perhaps. The conservative party would normally want what is best for business, and metrication is definitely a cost saver over the long run (as Pat from Australia has told us repeatedly), so one would think they would want to get the job done. On the other hand, metrication is Goverment Telling You What to Do. How to resolve, how to resolve.
Carleton -------------- Original message -------------- From: Stephen Humphreys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ezra, FYI: The only mainstream party that is more pro-metric than the current Labour lot are the LibDems - and thay have no chance in winning a general election. The Tories, who are the most likely to turn over Brown's government's majority, are even less keen (generally) on metrication. They are also more eurosceptic (for where the subjects sometimes overlap). > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [USMA:40484] Re: EU Council > Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:17:57 -0800 > > Gene, > > Thanks for the additional info. I'm glad to hear that the Units of > Measurement Directive (what we have been calling the "metric directive") is > not yet before the EU Council. > > Even if the Units of Measurement Directive is amended as proposed, the UK > could go much further than it has in enforcing the primacy of metric units > and widening the scope of that enforcement to advertising and product > descriptions. (But that will have to wait for another day and another > government, I'm afraid. :-( > > Ezra > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 11:55 AM > Subject: [USMA:40483] EU Council > > > > Ezra, > > > > Below are some brief excerpts from: > > > > <www.counsilium.europa.eu/showPage.asp?id=242&lang=en&mode=g> > > > > The Council is the main decision-making body of the EU. > > > > The ministers of the Member States meet within the Council... > > > > Depending on the issue on the agenda, each country will be represented by > > the minister responsible for that subject... > > > > The Council...passes laws, usually legislating jointly with the European > > Parliament... END of Excerpts. > > > > No currently posted agenda includes the EU Metric Directive. > > > > Gene. > > ---- Original message ---- > >>Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:01:11 +0000 > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Subject: [USMA:40473] Re: EU Metric Directive > >>To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > >> > >>My next question is pretty obvious: why does Elizabeth say that approval > >>by the Council (and which council, exactly?) is "uncertain'? What does > >>that mean? When do they meet? What are the forces in play? etc. etc. > >> > >>Anyone out there with suitable history and contacts able to drill down a > >>little further? I'd love to know! > >> > >>Ezra > > > Everything in one place. All new Windows Live!
