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01-10-2012
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Thousands of demonstrators marched through Paris yesterday (30 September) against a European fiscal pact, the first major display of public anger to face President François Hollande since his May election. More »
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01-10-2012
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France and Germany still need the backing of a number of member states to put in place a European Union financial transaction tax (FTT), despite claims from French President François Hollande that the tax is "now effective". EurActiv.fr reports. More »
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01-10-2012
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France is open to the idea of a new European Union treaty to deepen integration if it is deemed necessary for new "solidarity" mechanisms in the bloc such as debt mutualisation, said French Minister for European Affairs Bernard Cazeneuve. More »
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01-10-2012
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The Congress of the Party of European Socialists elected Sergei Stanishev as their new leader. The chairman of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) and former Bulgarian prime minister clinched the office with 91.3% of the votes cast in an election held Saturday (29 September). More »
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01-10-2012
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The REACH chemical safety regulation has so far showed limited results, with only "anecdotal evidence" that industry was starting to phase out the most dangerous substances, the European Commission said ahead of a review of the legislation due later this month. More »
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01-10-2012
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British Prime Minister David Cameron has indicated that Britons will be asked to consider the country’s relationship with the EU – possibly in a referendum – but not before the next general election, due in May 2015. The way forward for Britain is "less Europe, not more Europe", he said. More »
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28-09-2012
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The European Commission released yesterday (27 September) its EU strategy on cloud computing, which promotes off-site data storage in a bid to create new jobs and raise €160 billion per year in information technology savings. More »
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28-09-2012
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Former Chancellor Helmut Kohl, who reunified Germany and pushed the country into the euro, urged Europe to press ahead with closer integration despite a crisis of the single currency, saying the continent must never again descend into conflict. More »
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28-09-2012
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SPECIAL REPORT / EU plans to introduce new trade reciprocity rules that could block foreign companies from European contracts will prove a key battleground as member states prepare to debate a new industrial policy initiative next month. More »
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28-09-2012
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Instead of seeking to position itself to the West or to the East, Ukraine should reform and use its huge natural resources and human potential to become a big international player on its own terms, speakers told a conference held in the European Parliament on Wednesday (26 September). More »
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28-09-2012
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A stand-off between France and Germany over the control of EADS and UK worries over the "special share" of governments in the new company have emerged as the biggest roadblock to the planned EADS-BAE merger. More »
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28-09-2012
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Spain announced a crisis budget for 2013 based mostly on spending cuts on Thursday (27 September) in what many see as an effort to pre-empt the likely conditions of an international bailout. More »
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28-09-2012
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If the scheduled extraordinary European Council in November does not agree on a framework for the 2014-2020 budget or if the European Parliament denies its approval, the future of the EU will be held hostage to an unstable and unmanageable environment, argues Ivailo Kalfin. More »
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28-09-2012
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Spanish hoteliers can now give their buildings an energy-efficient revamp with the help of an online tool calculating their needs, costs and investment returns. More »
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28-09-2012
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A country famed for its Rose Revolution, Georgia has wound up with a president – a hero in those days – who now declares in Parliament that 'I deserve to rule this country for one generation', writes Tedo Japaridze. More »
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27-09-2012
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SPECIAL REPORT / The absence of any reference to social issues in the European Commission's upcoming communication on industrial policy – seen by EurActiv – reflects an ongoing logjam over social policy among EU member states. More »
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27-09-2012
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With an overhaul of air quality laws due within a year, health advocates are calling for the European Commission to resist pressure to tone down the EU’s pollution standards and instead replace them with stronger UN guidelines. More »
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27-09-2012
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Speculation on financial markets is contributing to higher and more volatile food prices, said MEPs in the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, who voted yesterday (26 September) for a 500 millisecond break on ultra-fast computerised trades. More »
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27-09-2012
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With European airlines on course to lose more than €800 million this year, Commission Vice President Siim Kallas today (27 September) called for forging aviation agreements and partnerships in fast-growing Asian and Middle Eastern markets as well as neighbouring Russia. More »
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27-09-2012
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The campaign leading up to Georgia’s parliamentary elections on 1 October has been unlike any since the 2003 Rose Revolution brought the current cast of characters to power, writes Zaal Anjaparidze. More »
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