José Manuel Barroso

Ukrainian Envoy: EU Will 'Always' Remain Kyiv's Main Priority

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"The EU was and will be the main priority for Ukraine" is a statement that sums up the main thrust of the message delivered by the Ukrainian ambassador to the EU, Andriy Veselovskyy....

EU prepares rescue package for Greece

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Entities: José Manuel Durão Barroso[2]; Angela Merkel[1]; George Papandreou[1]; Jonathan Todd[1];

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Jonathan Todd said: "The commission stands ready to act if necessary. Technical work is ongoing and has not yet been concluded"

George Papandreou said: "We have been forced to make painful decisions, unfair on many of our fellow citizens, but it would have been even more unfair to have left our country defenceless"

A multi-billion Euro rescue package for Greece is set be put to eurozone finance ministers as early as Monday, with Germany and France the main cash backers....

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Catherine Ashton

U.N. Iran sanctions may take until June - Kouchner

thestar Sunday, March 14, 2010 2:58:00 PM CET | info More about this article...

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Entities: Charles Dick[1]; Bernard Kouchner[1]; Catherine Ashton[1]; Alexander Stubb[1]; Ahmet Davutoglu[1];

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Bernard Kouchner told: "We are ... talking and talking, trying to get an agreement by negotiation and at the same time working on sanctions. I believe that yes, before June it will be possible, but I'm not so sure,"

Alexander Stubb said: "Failing (U.N. sanctions), I think there is an emerging consensus inside the European Union that we will take some unilateral measures from the EU side," "What those exact measures are have not been discussed in detail"

SAARISELKA, Finland (Reuters) - A U.N. resolution on new sanctions against Iran may not be ready until June and if a vote on it fails, European states could take unilateral measures instead, French and Finnish ministers said on Sunday....

French FM: Iran Resolution Months Away

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Entities: Bernard Kouchner[1]; Catherine Ashton[1]; Alexander Stubb[1]; Ahmet Davutoglu[1];

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Bernard Kouchner told: "We are ... talking and talking, trying to get an agreement by negotiation and at the same time working on sanctions. I believe that yes, before June it will be possible, but I'm not so sure,"

Alexander Stubb said: "Failing (U.N. sanctions), I think there is an emerging consensus inside the European Union that we will take some unilateral measures from the EU side," "What those exact measures are have not been discussed in detail"

A U.N. resolution on new sanctions against Iran may not be ready until June and if a vote on it fails, European states could take unilateral measures instead, French and Finnish ministers said....

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Viviane Reding

Social media and women's empowerment

TurkishDailyNews Saturday, March 13, 2010 12:43:00 AM CET | info More about this article...

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A century after the first international women's conference in 1910, do we have new answers, rather than just new questions, about women in the workforce?...

Britons arrested abroad will lose the right to a translator

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Britons arrested in Europe will not have the right to demand a full translation of the charges they are facing, under proposals supported by the government....

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Joaquín Almunia

Branson takes BA tie-up fight to Europe

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Richard Branson said: "The proposals are woefully inadequate in counteracting the anti-competitive harm of a combined BA/AA," "I continue to question why the Commission is even considering these proposals to try to put right the consumer harm of this monster monopoly when it does not seem to have any evidence of concrete consumer benefits. You can't remedy the irremediable"

Richard Branson said: "The proposals are woefully inadequate in counteracting the anti-competitive harm of a combined BA/AA," "I continue to question why the Commission is even considering these proposals to try to put right the consumer harm of this monster monopoly when it does not seem to have any evidence of concrete consumer benefits. You can't remedy the irremediable"

Richard Branson said: "Consumers on both sides of the Atlantic are relying on the European Commission to protect their rights," "We will continue to work with the commission to help them recognise the potential damage BA/AA could cause as the new commissioner gets to grips with this important issue"

Richard Branson said: "Consumers on both sides of the Atlantic are relying on the European Commission to protect their rights," "We will continue to work with the commission to help them recognise the potential damage BA/AA could cause as the new commissioner gets to grips with this important issue"

Colin Matthews said: "Heathrow remains resilient and other airports are beginning to see encouraging signs. However, traffic remains depressed, reflecting tough conditions in the economy generally and in aviation specifically"

British Airways' concessions to Europe's competition watchdog over its proposed tie-up with American Airlines (AA) were derided by Sir Richard Branson as "woefully inadequate" yesterday....

CORRECTED-UPDATE 1-BA, American, Iberia offer EU concessions

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By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS, March 10 (Reuters) - British Airways, American Airlines and Spain's Iberia have offered to cede a number of lucrative trans-Atlantic ......

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Siim Kallas

Airport security tops EU and US home affairs meeting

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The US has increased the number of body scanners at its airports, but the issue remains divisive amongst European governments. Only Great Britain and the Netherlands have introduced these machines, while France and Italy plan to study their efficiency before taking a decision....

EU, US 'open skies' talks to restart

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Siim Kallas said: “This agreement definitely must include some provisions in the investment area. This is a clear demand from some member states and it is fair,”

European companies' right to acquire equity stakes in US operators emerges as possible deal-breaker in aviation talks. Thursday, 11 March 2010...

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Neelie Kroes

Kroes off her game

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Dutch candidate for the European Commission's digital portfolio fails to live up to her reputation....

Innovation commissioner backs EU 3% research target

euractiv-en Tuesday, March 9, 2010 8:42:00 AM CET | info More about this article...

Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, the EU's commissioner for research, innovation and science, believes that the bloc's target of spending 3% of GDP on research and development (R&D) must remain in place if Europe is to put itself firmly on the road to economic recovery....

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Antonio Tajani

UPDATE 1: Tourism: upbeat prospects for 2010 season Tuesday, March 09, 2010 14:45 CET Some 80 per cent of Europeans still intend to travel for their h

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Only 20 per cent of over 30,000 randomly selected citizens were almost certain that they will not travel in 2010, which is significantly below the proportion of non-travellers in 2009 (33 per cent). 35 per cent of the Maltese were not planning to take a holiday in 2010....

Innovation commissioner backs EU 3% research target

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Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, the EU's commissioner for research, innovation and science, believes that the bloc's target of spending 3% of GDP on research and development (R&D) must remain in place if Europe is to put itself firmly on the road to economic recovery....

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Maroš Šefčovič

Maroš Šefčovič meets P. Nikiforos Diamandouros (12/03/2010)

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Maroš Šefčovič, Vice President of the EC in charge of Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration meets P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, European Ombudsman. He also gives a speech during the "The new mandate of the European Ombudsman - What to expect?" seminar...

EU institutions preparing staff nationality quotas

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EU institutions will work hard to fill management posts with administrators from new member states by the end of 2010, European Commission Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič said yesterday (11 March), presenting a major overhaul of the EU's recruitment procedure....

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Janez Potočnik

Speech by Janez Potočnik (12/03/2010)

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Speech by Janez Potočnik, Member of the EC in charge of the Environment on evaluating the environmental impacts of products...

BirdLife urges action against Malta

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BirdLife’s European partners urged the European Commission to take action against Malta, should the Maltese government announce its decision to open yet another spring hunting season. The group said the decision would put “tens of thousands of migratory birds en-route to their European breeding grounds at peril....

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Olli Rehn

More cracks in the eurozone despite likely deal for Greece

telegraph Sunday, March 14, 2010 10:49:00 AM CET | info More about this article...

Europe's leaders will do their best to put on a show of unity as early as Monday when they announce that they stand ready to help Greece recover from its financial disaster....

EU: No agreement on Greece bailout

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EU executive and German FM say no deal made after British newspaper reports otherwise....

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Andris Piebalgs

Ashton avoids embarassing demotion in EU Parliament debate - Summary

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José Manuel Durão Barroso insisting: "on a separate representation for his institution"

Brussels - The European Union's foreign policy chief avoided an embarassing demotion on Tuesday, as plans by the European Commission to avoid representation by her at a key European Parliament debate were withdrawn. Catherine Ashton is due to appear ......

Ashton avoids embarassing demotion in European Parliament debate

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José Manuel Durão Barroso insisting: "on a separate representation for his institution"

Brussels - The European Union's foreign policy supremo avoided an embarassing demotion on Tuesday, as plans by the European Commission to avoid representation by her at a key European Parliament debate were withdrawn. Catherine Ashton is due to appea......

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Michel Barnier

Financial Services Authority chief executive Hector Sants: why we're coming after you

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Entities: Hector Sants[2]; John McFall[1]; Michel Barnier[1]; Bob Diamond[1];

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Hector Sants says: "People tend to say the FSA made mistakes,"

Hector Sants says: "We need to be horizon-scanning at all times," "Central to this new approach has to be that we invest time in trying to identify what the next problem is, not just reacting to deal with the current problem. All types of investment techniques need to be subject to our analysis and consideration"

Hector Sants says: "There is an unacceptably high level of market abuse in the UK,"

Hector Sants says: "There's no question that one of the historical gaps in the regulatory architecture of the UK was the lack of clarity of responsibility for financial stability, the so-called macro-prudential gap and that needs to be filled,"

Hector Sants insists: "I haven't decided that yet. I haven't got a final departure date. That will be set after the election when the regulatory structure is clearer and it's my job at the moment to continue to deliver as chief executive of the FSA. I'm not going to retire but I'm focused at the moment on doing my job"

"You got a lot of nerve to say you are my friend," proclaims a painting of Bob Dylan's famous song lyric in the lobby of the Financial Services Authority's Canary Wharf tower block....

U.S., Europe spar on reform plan

WashingtonPost Saturday, March 13, 2010 5:09:00 AM CET | info More about this article...

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Timothy F Geithner said: "The American financial system is strong in part because our firms operate globally,"

White House wants more regulation, but EU seeks less, putting global financial crisis response at risk....

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Androulla Vassiliou

One man's coal pit is another's symbol of EU integration

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Androulla Vasiliou said: "The cost of setting up this initiative ... is to our mind small compared with the potential educational and tourist benefits,"

Here is your €900,000 question. What do the Acropolis, a former student hostel in Madrid and the Boris Christoff music centre in Bulgaria have in common? Answer: They are all, according to the European Commission, key sites in European history and culture and, therefore, places which symbolise the.......

Brussels cautions Slovakia over boarding schools for Roma

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By doing so, this would prevent the next generation of Roma from being unable to "integrate", Mr Fico said, adding that he expected criticism from human rights organisations. Amnesty International has described the idea as a discriminatory attack on the Roma way of living....

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Algirdas Semeta

Majority of Brussels lobby firms avoid registry

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Frustrated with the various definitions of who is and who is not a lobbyist, Alter-EU restricted themselves to investigating just those firms which are explicitly lobbyist outfits, excluding from their survey trade associations, think tanks, law firms and individuals....

EU Parliament pushes for bank tax

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An overwhelming majority of MEPs yesterday (10 March) pushed the EU executive to weigh up the costs and benefits of a possible tax on financial trading to compensate taxpayers for bank bailouts and plug public deficits....

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Karel De Gucht

EU/India trade pact could limit cheap drugs - MSF

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The warning by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) highlights one of the most sensitive issues in trade -- the extent to which companies' intellectual property rights can be waived to help poor countries and whether that stifles research and innovation....

This WEEK in the European Union

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The full panoply of 27 EU finance ministers will on Tuesday follow up with plans on how to regulate the EU's murky hedge fund and private equity sector, with the UK currently unhappy with the text on the table. Single market commissioner Michel Barnier will in Brussels on Monday meet with US.......

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John Dalli

Visit by John Dalli to Italy (12/03/2010)

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Visit by John Dalli, Member of the EC in charge of Health and Consumer Policy to Italy, where he visits the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). He also delivers a speech during the plenary session workshop "The future of the European environment and health process" of the World Health.......

Attack of the killer... potatoes?

MaltaToday Thursday, March 11, 2010 9:59:00 PM CET | info More about this article...

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The Commission’s decision to allow cultivation of genetically modified potatoes has stirred a hornet’s nest among environmentalists. Raphael Vassallo analyses various reactions to the rise of the so-called ‘Franken-foods’ in Europe Along with climate change and nuclear technology, few environmental.......

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Máire Geoghegan-Quinn

EU promises 'embarrassment' for countries ducking EU 2020 targets

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The official in charge of Europe's new ten-year economic strategy has said the European Commission will rely on scoreboards and public warnings to embarrass national governments into hitting targets on reform and research investment....

EU to pump €18m into flu research

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The European Commission has unveiled plans to pour €18 million into research projects on influenza. The news comes as MEPs from across the political spectrum call for a European Parliament inquiry into the handling of the swine flu pandemic....

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Janusz Lewandowski

Commissioners-designate grilled

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So far 24 of the 26 incoming commissioners have appeared before the European Parliament. Here the Brussels bureau of the Financial Times gives a rating out of five for the performance of the candidates in front of MEPs: Baroness (Catherine) Ashton, UK, high representative for foreign affairs and.......

Poland to receive additional €1 bln from EU?

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EU Budget Commissioner Janusz Lewandowski has announced that Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic may receive an additional three billion euros between them in reward for better-than-expected economic development since EU accession. During accession negotiations in 2005 when the EU budget for.......

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Maria Damanaki

The relentless war against our fishermen

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British fishermen are facing a two-pronged attack from Brussels and successive British governments....

EU spent at least 14m subsidising convicted fish crooks

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Entities: Maria Damanaki[1];

Other categories: Institutional Affairs; Market; Fisheries management;

In a laborious nine-month investigation, the team matched up records of court convictions with lists of who receives EU fishing subsidies. The investigators warn however that this is only the tip of the iceberg, as they only looked at boats in the waters of two major fishing nations, Spain and France....

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Günther Oettinger

Czechs to build new pipelines amid gas crisis fears

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Entities: Günther Oettinger[1]; José Manuel Durão Barroso[1]; Martin Chalupsky[1];

Other categories: Transport and Energy Security; EU Russia; EC News; José Manuel Barroso;

Transport and storage system to get more interconnected and linked to Poland and Nord Stream...

Few EU countries plan to trade renewable energy

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Entities: Günther Oettinger[1];

Other categories: DG Communication; Institutional Affairs; Alternative Energy; EU2020; Environment (general); External Affairs;

Only five EU member states are planning to buy renewable energy from other countries, while the EU as a whole is on track to exceed its 20% collective target, the European Commission said yesterday (11 March)....

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Johannes Hahn

Claudio Martini at the EC (03/03/2010)

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Entities: Johannes Hahn[1]; Claudio Martini[2];

Johannes Hahn, Member of the EC in charge of Regional Policy receives Claudio Martini, President of the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions of Europe...

EPP Group Bureau meeting, Budapest 4-5 March: Time for jobs and growth.

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The EPP Group will hold its next Bureau meeting in Budapest on 4-5 March. The meeting will discuss several aspects of the EU's economic, social and cohesion policies. The Bureau meeting will be opened by Joseph Daul MEP, Chairman of the EPP Group, Pál Schmitt MEP, Vice-President of the European.......

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Connie Hedegaard

China, India give qualified approval to climate deal

ChinaPost Saturday, March 13, 2010 6:19:00 AM CET | info More about this article...

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Entities: Barack Obama[1]; Wen Jiabao[1]; Copenhagen Accord[2]; Su Wei[1]; Connie Hedegaard[1];

Other categories: Ecology; European Parliament; Climate Change; Environment (general); EU-USA;

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Wen Jiabao said: “it is neither viable nor acceptable to start a new negotiating process”

(ChinaPost.com.tw) - China joined India on Tuesday in giving qualified approval to the Copenhagen climate accord calling for voluntary limits on greenhouse gas emissions....

This WEEK in the European Union

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The full panoply of 27 EU finance ministers will on Tuesday follow up with plans on how to regulate the EU's murky hedge fund and private equity sector, with the UK currently unhappy with the text on the table. Single market commissioner Michel Barnier will in Brussels on Monday meet with US.......

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Štefan Füle

Turkish Press Scan March 14

TurkishDailyNews Sunday, March 14, 2010 12:56:00 PM CET | info More about this article...

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Entities: Fredrik Reinfeldt[2]; Mustafa Kemal Atatürk[1]; Gordon Brown[1]; Christine Thélen[1]; Ahmet Davutoglu[2]; Abdullah Gül[1]; José Bové[6]; Selahattin Demirtas[1]; İlker Başbuğ[2]; Recep Tayyip Erdogan[9]; Genocide Resolution[1]; Stefan Fule[1];

Other categories: Monetary Issues EU; Financial Crisis; Turkey-EU; European Parliament; Conflict;

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Selahattin Demirtas said: "It is pleasing to see they have reached this stage, and we are saying from the outset that we are interlocutors. However, PKK and Imrali should also be included in the process"

These are some of the major headlines and their summaries in Turkish press on March 14, 2010. The Hürriyet Daily News does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy....

Ukrainian Envoy: EU Will 'Always' Remain Kyiv's Main Priority

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"The EU was and will be the main priority for Ukraine" is a statement that sums up the main thrust of the message delivered by the Ukrainian ambassador to the EU, Andriy Veselovskyy....

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Laszlo Andor

Brussels slates EUR 100 million for unemployed and small entrepreneurs

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Other categories: European Investment Bank; European Enterprise News; Market;

Sofia. The social and employment ministers of the 27 EU member states agreed Monday on setting up a new facility to provide loans to people who have lost their jobs and want to start or further develop their own small business. The European Microfinance Facility will have an initial budget of EUR.......

Commission gets wires crossed on exit strategies: NGOs

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Entities: László Andor[1]; José Manuel Durão Barroso[2];

Other categories: Financial Crisis; Institutional Affairs; EU2020; José Manuel Barroso; Europe 2020;

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László Andor said: "People are ultimately what Europe is about, and the crisis has highlighted the strength of the European social model and the EU's joint approach to tackling the crisis' social impact,"

László Andor said: "Although situations differ considerably between member states, policies to protect households and individuals and prevent exclusion have been crucial in limiting the worst effects of the crisis. We must now make sure these policies are fully integrated in our long-term economic and employment strategies. The inclusion of a headline target on poverty reduction in Europe 2020 is a reflection of that concern and of lessons learnt over the past decade,"

The European Commission is contradicting itself, NGOs have claimed, pointing out that a recently published social protection report goes against key priorities outlined in the bloc's long-term 'Europe 2020' strategy....

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Cecilia Malmström

Gaddafi provokes EU visa row over troublemaker son

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Entities: Aline Skaf[1]; Cecilia Malmström[1]; Hannibal Kadhafi[1]; Franco Frattini[1];

Tripoli's blockade affects all travelers from countries in Europe's "Schengen" visa-free area, which includes Switzerland, Iceland and Norway, though they remain outside the European Union. Great Britain, Ireland, Romania and Bulgaria, which are in the EU, are not however part of this arrangement....

Busuttil makes renewed appeal over Libyan-Swiss stalemate

MaltaToday Thursday, March 11, 2010 9:59:00 PM CET | info More about this article...

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Simon Busuttil said: “Whilst we are opening up ourselves more for EU third country nationals, and rightly so, we now have a dispute between two non-EU countries which is resulting in obstacles to free movement for our own citizens. This cannot be right and the EU should move immediately,”

Nationalist MEP Simon Busuttil yesterday made a second appeal in two days to the European Commission to move on the diplomatic spat between Libya and Switzerland. Addressing the European Parliament plenary debate on long-stay visas, Busuttil pointed out the irony that while the EU was granting.......

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Kristalina Georgieva

Commissioner Georgieva to pay working visit to Sofia

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Other categories: Humanitarian Aid; Echo; EC News;

Sofia. European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response Kristalina Georgieva will pay a one-day working visit to Sofia on March 15, Monday, the Representation of the European Commission in Bulgaria announced. Commissioner Georgieva will discuss topical issues.......

Comisaria europea de Ayuda Humanitaria visita Chile

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Entities: Juan Carlos[1]; Kristalina Georgieva[2]; Ferrán Tarradellas[1];

Other categories: Humanitarian Aid; Spanish Presidency EU; EC News; Institutional Affairs; Natural Disasters;

La alta funcionaria representará a la Comisión Europea durante el traspaso de mando presidencial a realizarse en la sede del Congreso chileno en Valparaíso este jueves 11 de marzo....

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Dacian Ciolos

Commissioner calls for review of EU agriculture payments

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Entities: Ray Ryan[1]; Dacian Ciolos[1]; Sean Kelly[1]; Mairead McGuinness[1];

Other categories: Institutional Affairs; European Parliament; Members of the European Parliament; Market;

THE criteria for the distribution of European Union direct payments should be reviewed, according to Agriculture and Rural Development Commissioner Dacian Ciolos....

CAP ‘could offer solutions to food security and climate change crises’

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Entities: Ray Ryan[1]; Dacian Ciolos[1];

Other categories: Climate Change; EU Treaty; Environment (general);

THE Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) could offer solutions to many of the challenges of tomorrow, such as food security, management of natural resources, climate change, competitiveness and innovation....

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