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New Hungarian commissioner: 'Everyone says I'm an unusual choice'
Brussels :: Belgium | about 3 hours ago
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Even in a season of surprising EU appointments, the person who has been nominated as Hungary's next commissioner is something of an outlier. An economics professor and member of the board of directors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development,...
Tags: European Parliament, Mr Andor, European Commission, Hungary, European Union, Communist Party, Jose Manuel Barroso, government stimulus, unusual choice, Belgium, Brussels, Politics, Republics, Maastricht Treaty, Josￃﾩ Manuel Barroso, Fidesz ￢ﾀﾓ Hungarian Civic Union, President of the European Commission
Zheleva’s first storms
Sofia :: Bulgaria | 3 days ago
Credibility This emerged in a television interview given on November 30 – four months after the Cabinet of which Zheleva is a member, took office – by Kouneva, who while refraining from commenting on Zheleva’s proposed post, said: "I like her very much and I am very...
Tags: Roumyana Zheleva, Bulgaria, foreign policy, European Commission, foreign minister, Jose Barroso, Boiko Borissov, European Parliament, humanitarian aid, Catherine Ashton, Sofia, Treaty of Lisbon, European Union, European Commissioner, Common Foreign and Security Policy, Foreign relations of the European Union, Josￃﾩ Manuel Barroso, Maoism
EU seeks pact on hedge funds
Brussels :: Belgium | 3 days ago
Credibility Six months of furious lobbying by the fund management industry has resulted in two heavily amended versions of the original proposals put forward by European Commission officials. One comes from the European Parliament; the other from Swedish diplomats...
Tags: fund managers, Brussels, hedge fund, parliamentary amendment, Belgium, Funds, European Parliament, Finance, Private equity fund, Financial services, Investment, Private equity
National Parliaments & the EU
Brussels :: Belgium | 3 days ago
Credibility Friday 4 December 2009� � National parliaments have come to play an increasingly important role in the functioning of the EU, cooperating with the European Commission and�the European Parliament as well as with each other. The Lisbon Treaty further strengthens...
Tags: European Union, European Commission, European Parliament, Belgium, Brussels, Treaty of Lisbon, Politics of the European Union, Antonio Tajani, American International Group, Politics, Richard Holbrooke, European Community, Afghanistan, Viviane Reding, European Constitution, Barroso Commission, Siim Kallas, Catherine Ashton Baroness Ashton of Upholland, European Union law, Josￃﾩ Manuel Barroso, Quebecor Inc., Democratic deficit in the European Union, Council on Foreign Relations
Europe winning the battle against online piracy?
Stockholm :: Sweden | 4 days ago
Credibility The war against online piracy has been a ferocious but as yet almost entirely unsuccessful struggle. It has left both the entertainment industry and the governments that have tried to buttress them bloodied and until recently at a loss as to what to do.
Tags: Digital Agenda, TDC, businesses models, online content, digital music, music companies, France, online piracy, European Parliament, small group, Sweden, Stockholm
In praise of… Paul McCartney
Brussels :: Belgium | 4 days ago
Credibility Just as Hamburg starts belatedly taking pride in its role in Beatles history, we report today on Big Mac's return to the city to kick off his European tour . For decades Sir Paul languished in the shadow of the posthumously deified John Lennon . The fact...
Tags: Beatle Paul McCartney, free mondays, European Parliament, europeans parliament, global warming, warming lies, sir paul, climate change, halt global, Belgium, Brussels, Environment, Rajendra K. Pachauri, Paul McCartney, Diets, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Climate of India, Knights Bachelor, Carbon finance, Vegetarianism, Animal rights movement, Livestock, McCartney, The Beatles, Meatless Monday, Live albums, Intentional living, Sustainability, Meat, Paul McCartney's musical career, Eleanor Rigby
France to pick 'phantom MEPs' from parliament
London :: United Kingdom | 4 days ago
Credibility In a letter sent�on� 30 November , PM Fillon�asked Bernard Accoyer, president of the ' Assembl�e Nationale ', to designate the two new MEPs "as soon as possible"�from the ranks of the�lower house of parliament. With the entry into force of the Lisbon...
Tags: EurActiv France, told euractiv, European Parliament, additional seat, MEP Ram, EU Presidency, Green MEP Sandrine, Spain, EPP, Malta, United Kingdom, London
Darling cedes final say on bank bailouts to Europe
London :: United Kingdom | 4 days ago
Credibility The Government has conceded one of its vital "red lines" in the agreement to set up new pan-European financial supervisory bodies – and lost its veto on paying for any future European banking rescue. British ministers have long insisted that "fiscal...
Tags: London, Nicolas Sarkozy, United Kingdom, Politics, Lloyds Banking Group, European Union acronyms jargon and working practices, Nationwide Building Society, European Parliament, Government of Andorra, Bank, Business Finance, Council of the European Union, Michel Barnier, European Commission, Building society, European Union, Treaty of Lisbon, Grand Croix of the Lￃﾩgion d'honneur, Federalism, Financial regulation, HBOS
EU plans police exchange scheme
Brussels :: Belgium | 5 days ago
Credibility EU leaders are expected to approve the so-called Stockholm Programme at a summit in Brussels next week. The funding arrangements and other details are yet to be worked out. "We need more of a common understanding of other systems," said Swedish Justice...
Tags: Mrs. Catherine Ashton, European Commission, European Parliament, Ms Ashton, Lady Ashton, Baroness Ashton, European External Action Service, policy chief, security policy, Lisbon Treaty, Belgium, Brussels, European Union, Treaty of Lisbon, Javier Solana, President of the European Council, Catherine Ashton Baroness Ashton of Upholland, Politics, Politics of the European Union, Common Foreign and Security Policy, European Community, Institutions of the European Union, Euroscepticism, European Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy, Timothy Kirkhope, Federalism, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, European Union law, Amsterdam Treaty, Roger Helmer, European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party
EU nations agree financial oversight deal
Brussels :: Belgium | 5 days ago
Credibility European Union finance ministers on Wednesday agreed a compromise deal for pan-European oversight of banks, insurers and markets, diplomatic sources said. "The ministers have reached an agreement," overcoming strong reservations from Britain, fearful...
Tags: UK Britain, finance ministers, London, European Union, financial regulator, financial services, union finance, Belgium, Brussels, Politics, Bank, Business Finance, Financial regulation, Federalism, Alistair Darling, Stock market crashes, European Commission, Financial crisis, Nicolas Sarkozy, Barnier, Financial crisis of 2007￢ﾀﾓ2009, Late-2000s recession, Michel Barnier, Government of Andorra, G-20 major economies, The Watchdogs, Financial Services Authority, European Parliament, President of the European Commission, Financial market, Christine Lagarde
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