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Friday, January 30, 2009
Democrates' approach to EU
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dátum:
10:17
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Címkék: External Relations, Quote, USA
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Gazdaságélénkítő csomag
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dátum:
10:19
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Címkék: Agriculture, Budget, Energy, European Commission, Hungary, Information Society, Romania, TEN, Transport
Monday, January 19, 2009
Jelentős európai recessziót vár az unió
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dátum:
13:00
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Címkék: Development, Employment, EMU, European Commission, Hungary
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Euro in Slovakia
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Did Sarkozy's stint change the EU for good?
- Few dispute that the French presidency had its successes. Although Moscow failed to implement the letter of a cease-fire in Georgia negotiated by Sarkozy, it did enough for the EU to resume formal partnership talks with Russia, the bloc's vast neighbor, key energy supplier and trading partner.
- Then, as the international economic crisis took hold, Paris filled part of the vacuum left by the outgoing U.S. administration, helping convene a meeting of the most powerful global economies and coordinating a European response.
- And last week Sarkozy persuaded all 27 EU nations to sign up to binding laws on how to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 20 percent by 2020. Despite making compromises to industry, this still left Europe in the vanguard of efforts to curb global warming.
- Sarkozy's leadership has helped to reconnect the French with the EU, just three years after France - a founding member of the bloc - shocked itself and others by rejecting the EU's constitution in a referendum. In a BVA poll published Tuesday, 56 percent of the French approved of Sarkozy's EU presidency, while his domestic policies remain deeply unpopular.
- Sarkozy has also surprised some by forging an alliance with Gordon Brown, the British prime minister, even inviting him to a meeting of countries that use the euro, which Britain has shunned.
- Not everyone is pleased of course. Relations between Paris and Berlin are frosty. At a meeting in London with Brown two weeks ago, Sarkozy made clear his exasperation with the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, for her reluctance to bolster government spending further to combat the slowdown, according to one diplomat who attended the meeting but is not authorized to speak about it.
"For six months he felt like the king of the world - Bush was a lame-duck president and he was in the driving seat of the EU," Moïsi said. "Now Obama is coming in and he is no longer president of Europe. He will not accept such a demise."
In some ways, Sarkozy has already forged a legacy. By lobbying for the G20 meeting in Washington in November and setting the stage for a follow-up in London in April, he has created a precedent that his successors cannot ignore. If the global economy continues to deteriorate, his ability as crisis manager might be called on once more
Sarkozy's main challenge...will be to maintain good relations with Britain, repair ties with Germany and then establish a close link with Obama. "Managing that equation will be key to his ability to remain influential beyond the presidency."
There is, however, a debate over what lessons to draw from the last six months. One of the deals struck under the French EU presidency was to pave the way for a second Irish referendum on the Lisbon Treaty - an accord meant to strengthen the EU as a world player that was rejected by the Irish in a first referendum last June.
Beyond squabbles, the main question, observers say, is whether recent crises suggest that Europe can operate as a bloc to balance the rise of the growing economic powers in Asia. Persistent divisions have weakened the EU's hand with Moscow. Tensions between France and Britain, and between France and Germany, have strained the EU's response to the economic crisis. In Paris, diplomats are optimistic. As one senior official put it Tuesday: "The French presidency has shown that when Europe wants, it can have a voice."
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Krissons
dátum:
10:32
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Címkék: France, Presidency
Sunday, December 21, 2008
New Romanian government
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Krissons
dátum:
15:47
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Címkék: Romania
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Latvia Secures 7.5 Billion Euros in IMF, EU Loans
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Krissons
dátum:
15:33
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Címkék: EMU, European Commission, Hungary, Latvia
Friday, December 19, 2008
EU nations agree on new rules for fish catch
The European Union nations have agreed on changes to the way fishermen will hunt the Atlantic next year, hoping it will give threatened fish a sustainable future and fishermen more lucrative catches.
The 27 EU fisheries ministers agreed unanimously to contain the wasteful practice of throwing certain fish overboard because they do not meet catch quotas or commercial or environmental standards. The effort is top replenish dwindling stocks of fish. The rules agreed to for 2009 will allow fishermen to market more fish while catching fewer, the ministers said Friday.
AP
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dátum:
15:29
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Címkék: Fisheries and Maritime Affairs
Thursday, December 18, 2008
A képviselők elfogadták az EU 2009-es költségvetését
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Krissons
dátum:
15:53
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Címkék: Budget, European Parliament
Parlamenti jóváhagyás a klímacsomagnak
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dátum:
11:14
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Címkék: Energy, Enterprise and Industry, Environment, European Council, European Parliament, Internal Market
Slovenia blocks Croatian EU talks
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Krissons
dátum:
10:40
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Címkék: Croatia, Enlargement, Slovenia
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
European Parliament approves opening of defence market
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Krissons
dátum:
10:48
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Címkék: ESDP, European Parliament, Internal Market
Saturday, December 13, 2008
EU security and defence boosted - European Council
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Krissons
dátum:
08:51
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Címkék: ESDP, European Council
Ireland agrees to 2nd vote on EU treaty - European Council
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dátum:
08:41
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Címkék: Croatia, Enlargement, European Commission, European Council, Ireland, Reform Treaty, Taxation
Tassos Papadopoulos, hard-line Cypriot leader, dies at 74
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Krissons
dátum:
08:40
2
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Címkék: Cyprus
Switzerland in the Schengen area
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dátum:
08:22
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Címkék: EEA, Justice and Home Affairs, Liechtenstein, Switzerland
Friday, December 12, 2008
Climate Deal - European Council
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Krissons
dátum:
23:38
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Címkék: Energy, Enterprise and Industry, Environment, European Council, Germany, Italy, Poland, USA
Saturday, December 6, 2008
EU funds euro1.7 billion in rail works
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Alku a gépkocsik szén-dioxid-kibocsátásáról
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Krissons
dátum:
18:25
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Címkék: Enterprise and Industry, Environment, Transport
Monday, December 1, 2008
Romanian elections
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Krissons
dátum:
20:43
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Címkék: Romania
