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EU steps up battle against trade barriers | NEW steps are to be taken to knock down unfair barriers to trade in the single market, following a flood of complaints from businesses unable to sell their products abroad. Member states’ failure to recognise each others’ technical standards in areas where no EU-wide legislation exists has been singled out by manufactu... | Fiona McHugh | NEW steps are to be taken to knock down unfair barriers to trade in the single market, following a flood of complaints from businesses unable to sell their products abroad. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Denmark",
"France",
"Germany",
"Ireland",
"The Netherlands",
"United States"
] | 1995-11-15T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-15T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:48:24Z | 528 | https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-steps-up-battle-against-trade-barriers/ |
Member states scolded for poor performance | EURO MPs have chastised member states for not doing enough to keep the single market up and running. A report by UK Liberal Graham Watson, criticising EU governments for dragging their feet on a number of issues, won the backing of the full Parliament yesterday (15 November). “While it is fair to count the European Uni... | European Voice Staff | EURO MPs have chastised member states for not doing enough to keep the single market up and running. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Germany",
"Greece"
] | 1995-11-15T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-15T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:48:56Z | 551 | https://www.politico.eu/article/member-states-scolded-for-poor-performance/ |
Swiss talks grind to standstill | JUST like 29-tonne trucks in the Swiss Alps, EU negotiations with its Helvetian neighbours are not moving. The talks are going so badly that the subject has been taken off the agenda for a meeting of EU foreign ministers next week and delayed until December. Officials said the Spanish presidency took the planned discu... | Elizabeth Wise | JUST like 29-tonne trucks in the Swiss Alps, EU negotiations with its Helvetian neighbours are not moving. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Austria",
"France",
"Germany",
"Italy",
"Portugal",
"Spain",
"Switzerland"
] | 1995-11-15T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-15T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:48:48Z | 545 | https://www.politico.eu/article/swiss-talks-grind-to-standstill/ |
Relief is tempered by doubts | BANKERS are relieved that the European Union is at last on the verge of drawing up a detailed scenario for the transition to a single currency, but say the blueprint unveiled this week still leaves some questions unanswered. A 48-page plan, released this week by European Monetary Institute (EMI) President Alexandre La... | Tim Jones | BANKERS are relieved that the European Union is at last on the verge of drawing up a detailed scenario for the transition to a single currency, but say the blueprint unveiled this week still leaves some questions unanswered. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Austria",
"Belgium",
"Canada",
"France",
"Germany",
"Ireland",
"Italy",
"Luxembourg",
"Spain",
"The Netherlands",
"United States"
] | 1995-11-15T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-15T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:49:26Z | 573 | https://www.politico.eu/article/relief-is-tempered-by-doubts/ |
Why the EU should now stand by Turkey | THE European Parliament will vote on customs union with Turkey before the end of the year. It is a contractual obligation dating back to 1963. The vote is important. The outcome will be historic. The decision, approved in the Association Council of last March, aims to end the transitional phase of our association, whil... | European Voice Staff | THE European Parliament will vote on customs union with Turkey before the end of the year. It is a contractual obligation dating back to 1963. The vote is important. The outcome will be historic. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Turkey"
] | 1995-11-15T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-15T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:49:03Z | 556 | https://www.politico.eu/article/why-the-eu-should-now-stand-by-turkey/ |
Narrowing the social divide | People have a natural reluctance to set targets. My attitude is that unless you have a goal, you can never reach your destination By Michael Mann SOCIAL Affairs Commissioner Pádraig Flynn will throw down the gauntlet to Germany next month in the continuing dispute over proposals for a new equal opportunities programme.... | European Voice Staff | People have a natural reluctance to set targets. My attitude is that unless you have a goal, you can never reach your destination | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Austria",
"Belgium",
"Denmark",
"Finland",
"Germany",
"Luxembourg",
"Portugal",
"Spain",
"The Netherlands",
"United States"
] | 1995-11-15T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-15T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:49:11Z | 562 | https://www.politico.eu/article/narrowing-the-social-divide/ |
Solana in the frame for top NATO job | SPANISH Foreign Minister Javier Solana is inching closer to the job he used to say he did not want. Not yet an official candidate, his government – and the US – are issuing warm words about his possible candidacy for the job of NATO secretary-general, and Solana himself has said there is no reason for a Spaniard not to... | Elizabeth Wise | SPANISH Foreign Minister Javier Solana is inching closer to the job he used to say he did not want. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Denmark",
"Spain",
"United Kingdom"
] | 1995-11-15T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-15T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:48:31Z | 534 | https://www.politico.eu/article/solana-in-the-frame-for-top-nato-job/ |
A politician from ‘top to toe’ | IT is rare to find a politician that everybody loves, but if he exists it is surely Spanish Foreign Minister Javier Solana Madariaga. In the coming weeks, Solana will be firmly in the spotlight as his country’s EU presidency draws to a close. After hosting a key reunion of foreign ministers of 27 nations of the EU, Nor... | European Voice Staff | a politician from ‘top to toe’ it is rare to find a politician that everybody loves, but if he exists it is surely spanish foreign minister javier solana madariaga. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Russia",
"Spain",
"United Kingdom"
] | 1995-11-15T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-15T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:48:58Z | 553 | https://www.politico.eu/article/a-politician-from-top-to-toe/ |
Norway relegated to sidelines after rejecting EU membership | One year after the Norwegian No vote, Ole Ryborg reports on how the referendum has affected the country’s relations with Europe THE nature of the work done by Brussels-based Norwegian diplomats has changed markedly since their country rejected EU membership 12 months ago. For half a year between the end of negotiations... | European Voice Staff | One year after the Norwegian No vote, Ole Ryborg reports on how the referendum has affected the country’s relations with Europe | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Belgium",
"Iceland",
"Norway"
] | 1995-11-15T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-15T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:49:10Z | 561 | https://www.politico.eu/article/norway-relegated-to-sidelines-after-rejecting-eu-membership/ |
EU ‘not worried’ about being left on APEC sidelines | THE European Union will be left on the sidelines as some of the world’s top trading powers meet this week. But as the United States, Japan, Canada and China, along with 14 other Pacific Rim nations, meet to try to firm up plans for free trade by 2020, EU officials insist they are not worried about being left out. “So l... | European Voice Staff | eu ‘not worried’ about being left on apec sidelines the european union will be left on the sidelines as some of the world’s top trading powers meet this week. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Canada",
"China",
"Japan",
"United Kingdom",
"United States",
"Uruguay"
] | 1995-11-15T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-15T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:48:53Z | 548 | https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-not-worried-about-being-left-on-apec-sidelines/ |
Owners compensated for land seizure | ALMOST 30 years after their property was seized by Greece’s military junta, 14 investors have been awarded compensation by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg. In addition to the financial settlement, the Greek government has been ordered to return the land within six months. The dispute began in 19... | Rory Watson | ALMOST 30 years after their property was seized by Greece’s military junta, 14 investors have been awarded compensation by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg. | [] | Uncategorized | [] | 1995-11-15T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-15T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:49:13Z | 563 | https://www.politico.eu/article/owners-compensated-for-land-seizure/ |
Finns and Irish smooth the way to their presidencies | The Finns are progressing well with plans for their very first turn at the Euro-presidency. This month a delegation from Helsinki went to Dublin to study how the Irish are preparing for their own presidency in the second half of next year. There was plenty of solemn note-taking and much was undoubtedly gleaned from Ire... | European Voice Staff | The Finns are progressing well with plans for their very first turn at the Euro-presidency. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Ireland"
] | 1995-11-15T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-15T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:49:35Z | 579 | https://www.politico.eu/article/finns-and-irish-smooth-the-way-to-their-presidencies/ |
Growing crisis in Euro-schools | THE unique system of European schools originally designed to educate the sons and daughters of EU officials is coming under increasing strain. Frustration and anger is growing among parents, pupils and teachers alike, and demands are now surfacing for an overhaul of the way the schools are administered. The pressure is... | Rory Watson | THE unique system of European schools originally designed to educate the sons and daughters of EU officials is coming under increasing strain. Frustration and anger is growing among parents, pupils and teachers alike, and demands are now surfacing for an overhaul of the way the schools are administered. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Belgium"
] | 1995-11-15T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-15T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:49:23Z | 571 | https://www.politico.eu/article/growing-crisis-in-euro-schools/ |
Funding on horizon for sports Jaguar | A DECISION is expected in the coming weeks on whether the European Commission will allow a 95-million-ecu government subsidy to car manufacturer Jaguar, enabling it to build a new generation sports car in the UK. DGIV, the Directorate-General for competition, has been deliberating on the aid since it was announced by ... | European Voice Staff | A DECISION is expected in the coming weeks on whether the European Commission will allow a 95-million-ecu government subsidy to car manufacturer Jaguar, enabling it to build a new generation sports car in the UK. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"United Kingdom"
] | 1995-11-15T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-15T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:49:31Z | 576 | https://www.politico.eu/article/funding-on-horizon-for-sports-jaguar/ |
US and Japan pay homage to ‘other’ Council | The Council of Europe should be flattered. After years living in the shadow of the European Union, which it predates as an initiative for post-war unity, the Council finds itself being courted by America and Japan, both seeking status as accredited observers to the Strasbourg institution. The first overtures from the U... | European Voice Staff | us and japan pay homage to ‘other’ council the council of europe should be flattered. after years living in the shadow of the european union, which it predates as an initiative for post-war unity, the council finds itself being courted by america and japan | [] | Uncategorized | [
"France",
"Japan",
"United Kingdom",
"United States"
] | 1995-11-15T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-15T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:49:37Z | 581 | https://www.politico.eu/article/us-and-japan-pay-homage-to-other-council/ |
Manufacturers gather to plan war against counterfeiters | A CAMPAIGN to stem the ever-growing tide of counterfeit toys on sale across the EU will gather momentum next week at a major conference on the problem. Toy manufacturers, customs officials and lawyers from around the globe will be in Brussels on 23 November for a major conference designed to come up with new proposals ... | European Voice Staff | A CAMPAIGN to stem the ever-growing tide of counterfeit toys on sale across the EU will gather momentum next week at a major conference on the problem. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"China",
"Greece",
"Italy"
] | 1995-11-15T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-15T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:48:39Z | 539 | https://www.politico.eu/article/manufacturers-gather-to-plan-war-against-counterfeiters/ |
All to play for in treaty review | Much of the coverage of the latest report by the Reflection Group charged with preparing the ground for the 1996 Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) has emphasised what has not been agreed, rather than what has. But it would be wrong to conclude, as some commentators have done, that the course of next year’s IGC has the... | European Voice Staff | Much of the coverage of the latest report by the Reflection Group charged with preparing the ground for the 1996 Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) has emphasised what has not been agreed, rather than what has. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"France",
"Germany",
"United States"
] | 1995-11-15T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-15T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:49:00Z | 554 | https://www.politico.eu/article/all-to-play-for-in-treaty-review/ |
Busek tipped for college post | Former Austrian Vice-Chancellor and Science Minister Erhard Busek is being tipped as rector of the College of Europe in Bruges, the training ground for EU officials and diplomats. He is understood to have the support of Jacques Santer for the post at the independent college which receives some EU subsidies. The only ot... | European Voice Staff | Former Austrian Vice-Chancellor and Science Minister Erhard Busek is being tipped as rector of the College of Europe in Bruges, the training ground for EU officials and diplomats. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Germany"
] | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:48:22Z | 527 | https://www.politico.eu/article/busek-tipped-for-college-post/ |
Italian universities accused of bias | FOREIGN language teachers at Italian universities are accusing the country’s authorities of continuing to operate discriminatory staffing policies in defiance of a European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling and criticism from MEPs. Representatives of non-Italian EU citizens teaching at 19 universities are petitioning the E... | Rory Watson | FOREIGN language teachers at Italian universities are accusing the country’s authorities of continuing to operate discriminatory staffing policies in defiance of a European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling and criticism from MEPs. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"France",
"Germany",
"Italy",
"Spain",
"United States"
] | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:47:14Z | 473 | https://www.politico.eu/article/italian-universities-accused-of-bias/ |
Mobiles to be banned in meetings | AN uncharasteric hush has fallen over normally noisy parliamentary gatherings following a decision to ban MEPs from using their mobile phones in meetings. Responding to complaints made by some MEPs that stirring parliamentary speeches were being drowned out by the shrill sound of ringing mobile phones, Chairman of the ... | European Voice Staff | AN uncharasteric hush has fallen over normally noisy parliamentary gatherings following a decision to ban MEPs from using their mobile phones in meetings. | [] | Uncategorized | [] | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:47:28Z | 484 | https://www.politico.eu/article/mobiles-to-be-banned-in-meetings/ |
Reinsurers opt for a single market | THE London market for reinsurance has decided to open its borders and permit insurers in any member state to transact international business without setting up a subsidiary branch in the City. As the European Commission holds the threat of aggressive market-opening measures action against operators in the telecommunica... | Tim Jones | THE London market for reinsurance has decided to open its borders and permit insurers in any member state to transact international business without setting up a subsidiary branch in the City. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Switzerland",
"United Kingdom"
] | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:48:13Z | 519 | https://www.politico.eu/article/reinsurers-opt-for-a-single-market/ |
Debate on budget priorities planned | THE European Commission will hold a policy debate in January to determine its budgetary and staffing priorities for the following 12 months. The innovation is part of the second phase of moves towards tighter internal financial management that Personnel Commissioner Erkki Liikanen and Anti-Fraud Commissioner Anita Grad... | European Voice Staff | THE European Commission will hold a policy debate in January to determine its budgetary and staffing priorities for the following 12 months. | [] | Uncategorized | [] | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-23T18:14:58Z | 471 | https://www.politico.eu/article/debate-on-budget-priorities-planned/ |
Small shops seek exemption from draft unit pricing rules | SMALL corner shops may win a derogation from new EU rules on unit pricing if a number of member states have their way. A draft directive due to be discussed by consumer ministers this week would force all retailers to display the cost of goods per litre or kilo to allow customers to compare prices of rival products eas... | Fiona McHugh | SMALL corner shops may win a derogation from new EU rules on unit pricing if a number of member states have their way. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Germany",
"Ireland",
"The Netherlands",
"United States"
] | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:47:19Z | 476 | https://www.politico.eu/article/small-shops-seek-exemption-from-draft-unit-pricing-rules/ |
Wanted: a Frenchman to wave the flag | Edith Cresson’s Chef de Cabinet François Lamoureux, once known within the Commission as ‘the ayatollah’ because of his fervent federalism, could be on the move. Lamoureux has his eye on the post of deputy director-general in DGI, the Directorate-General for external relations, vacated by Robert Verrue, whose responsibi... | European Voice Staff | Edith Cresson’s Chef de Cabinet François Lamoureux, once known within the Commission as ‘the ayatollah’ because of his fervent federalism, could be on the move. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"China",
"Japan"
] | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:48:17Z | 521 | https://www.politico.eu/article/wanted-a-frenchman-to-wave-the-flag/ |
Transit swindles cost EU billions | TRANSIT fraud has cost the European Union up to 8 billion ecu since the single market entered into force, prompting calls for a major investigation into the problem and how to combat it. The losses have resulted in part from organised crime, with the contents of thousands of lorries and containers sold illegally in cit... | Rory Watson | TRANSIT fraud has cost the European Union up to 8 billion ecu since the single market entered into force, prompting calls for a major investigation into the problem and how to combat it. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"France",
"Germany",
"Hungary",
"Italy",
"Poland",
"Slovakia",
"Spain",
"The Netherlands"
] | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:47:08Z | 468 | https://www.politico.eu/article/transit-swindles-cost-eu-billions/ |
Letter appeal | Animal rights campaigners have targeted Austria’s EU ambassador in Brussels Manfred Scheich, sending nearly 7,000 letters to his office in the last three weeks, including 1,200 in just one day. They all came from Austria, demanding that animal rights be written into the new Maastricht Treaty. Presumably they have not b... | European Voice Staff | Animal rights campaigners have targeted Austria’s EU ambassador in Brussels Manfred Scheich, sending nearly 7,000 letters to his office in the last three weeks, including 1,200 in just one day. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Austria"
] | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:48:20Z | 524 | https://www.politico.eu/article/letter-appeal/ |
8-9 November Council of Europe | MEMBERSHIP of the Strasbourg-based Council of Europe rose to 38 this week with the entry of two new countries: Ukraine and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). A CEREMONY to mark their accession coincided with several meetings in the Alsatian capital of the parliamentary assembly and the presence of the C... | European Voice Staff | MEMBERSHIP of the Strasbourg-based Council of Europe rose to 38 this week with the entry of two new countries: Ukraine and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Albania",
"Armenia",
"Azerbaijan",
"Belarus",
"Croatia",
"Georgia",
"Russia",
"Ukraine"
] | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:47:58Z | 509 | https://www.politico.eu/article/8-9-november-council-of-europe/ |
Santer fields questions from Danish public | EUROPEAN Commission President Jacques Santer will take a bold approach towards tackling public scepticism of the EU when he visits Denmark next week. Santer, who will be in Copenhagen on Monday (13 November) visiting the European Environment Agency, has agreed to give Euro-sceptic Danes the chance to share their concer... | EUROPEAN Commission President Jacques Santer will take a bold approach towards tackling public scepticism of the EU when he visits Denmark next week. | [] | Uncategorized | [] | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:47:34Z | 490 | https://www.politico.eu/article/santer-fields-questions-from-danish-public/ | |
Conflict over air traffic plans | THE European Commission is putting the finishing touches to its White Paper on how to ease crippling congestion in the EU’s skies. But it faces severe opposition from most member states to the creation of new cross-border structures under the control of the EU institutions. National governments favour the coordination ... | Michael Mann | THE European Commission is putting the finishing touches to its White Paper on how to ease crippling congestion in the EU’s skies. But it faces severe opposition from most member states to the creation of new cross-border structures under the control of the EU institutions. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Finland",
"France",
"Italy",
"Spain",
"Sweden"
] | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:47:20Z | 477 | https://www.politico.eu/article/conflict-over-air-traffic-plans/ |
Putting the EU’s house in order | The way the EU’s institutions spend taxpayers’ money will be at the centre of attention in the coming week as the Court of Auditors – the Union’s tough-talking financial watchdog – publishes its annual report. Outgoing president André Middelhoek is not expected to pull any punches as he catalogues the latest allegation... | European Voice Staff | The way the EU’s institutions spend taxpayers’ money will be at the centre of attention in the coming week as the Court of Auditors – the Union’s tough-talking financial watchdog – publishes its annual report. | [] | Uncategorized | [] | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:47:39Z | 494 | https://www.politico.eu/article/putting-the-eus-house-in-order/ |
Agency seeks a role as the EU contemplates common defence | ONE might have thought that talk of ensuring the peace in former Yugoslavia would bring the Western European Union (WEU) on to the radar screen of European initiatives, but the little-known agency seems destined to remain in the shadows. As NATO takes control of peace implementation and the European Union fights for le... | European Voice Staff | ONE might have thought that talk of ensuring the peace in former Yugoslavia would bring the Western European Union (WEU) on to the radar screen of European initiatives, but the little-known agency seems destined to remain in the shadows. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Austria",
"Bulgaria",
"Denmark",
"Estonia",
"Finland",
"France",
"Hungary",
"Iceland",
"Ireland",
"Latvia",
"Lithuania",
"Luxembourg",
"Norway",
"Poland",
"Romania",
"Rwanda",
"Serbia",
"Somalia",
"Sweden",
"Turkey",
"United States"
] | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:47:47Z | 502 | https://www.politico.eu/article/agency-seeks-a-role-as-the-eu-contemplates-common-defence/ |
All clear likely for Lufthansa and SAS link | THE European Commission is set to clear an alliance between German airline Lufthansa and Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) as both companies meet demands to untangle other link-ups. This would open the door to the creation of a venture between the world’s second and eighth largest carriers with combined annual sales o... | European Voice Staff | THE European Commission is set to clear an alliance between German airline Lufthansa and Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) as both companies meet demands to untangle other link-ups. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Austria",
"Denmark",
"Germany",
"Norway",
"Sweden"
] | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:48:12Z | 518 | https://www.politico.eu/article/all-clear-likely-for-lufthansa-and-sas-link/ |
US source of delay in nomination | IT was a disappointing day for NATO watchers, and for Ruud Lubbers, as alliance ambassadors failed to name a new secretary general during their long-awaited Wednesday meeting. As late as Monday, most people were betting that the former Dutch Prime Minister would win the coveted post, especially after Lubbers returned f... | Elizabeth Wise | IT was a disappointing day for NATO watchers, and for Ruud Lubbers, as alliance ambassadors failed to name a new secretary general during their long-awaited Wednesday meeting. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Denmark",
"France",
"United Kingdom"
] | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:47:16Z | 474 | https://www.politico.eu/article/us-source-of-delay-in-nomination/ |
Commissioner Brittan sees red over Jaguar | Trade Commissioner Sir Leon Brittan is very chuffed with his new company car, a gleaming Jaguar XJ6. Not so much because of the CD player in the boot or the air-conditioning or the aroma of finest hide upholstery, allsecond nature to Commissioners, but because of its smart metallic red paintwork. Brittan was very proud... | European Voice Staff | Trade Commissioner Sir Leon Brittan is very chuffed with his new company car, a gleaming Jaguar XJ6. Not so much because of the CD player in the boot or the air-conditioning or the aroma of finest hide upholstery, allsecond nature to Commissioners, but because of its smart metallic red paintwork. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Portugal",
"Spain"
] | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:48:19Z | 523 | https://www.politico.eu/article/commissioner-brittan-sees-red-over-jaguar/ |
Diary entry flatters Yves | Not everyone is aggrieved by Environment Commissioner Ritt Bjerregaard’s chat-and-tell diary. Fellow Commissioner Yves-Thibault de Silguy, for one, is pleased and honoured to have been mentioned at all, even if he was described as unorganised. “My relations with Mrs Bjerregaard are excellent and we work in absolute har... | European Voice Staff | Not everyone is aggrieved by Environment Commissioner Ritt Bjerregaard’s chat-and-tell diary. | [] | Uncategorized | [] | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:48:21Z | 525 | https://www.politico.eu/article/diary-entry-flatters-yves/ |
Banks to miss CAD deadline | SLUGGISH implementation of European Union law, combined with software problems, mean a key piece of banking legislation due to enter into force in January is likely to be widely ignored. Banks have less than two months to get themselves in shape for the 31 December kick-off of the Capital Adequacy Directive (CAD), a la... | Tim Jones | SLUGGISH implementation of European Union law, combined with software problems, mean a key piece of banking legislation due to enter into force in January is likely to be widely ignored. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"France",
"Germany",
"United States"
] | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:48:15Z | 520 | https://www.politico.eu/article/banks-to-miss-cad-deadline/ |
Fischler keen to calm CAP fears | EXTENDING the Common Agricultural Policy to the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEECs) will not be as costly as some commentators have claimed, Agriculture Commissioner Franz Fischler insists. His White Paper on the agricultural aspects of enlargement, due to be presented at December’s summit in Madrid, will e... | Michael Mann | EXTENDING the Common Agricultural Policy to the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEECs) will not be as costly as some commentators have claimed, Agriculture Commissioner Franz Fischler insists. | [] | Uncategorized | [] | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:47:10Z | 469 | https://www.politico.eu/article/fischler-keen-to-calm-cap-fears/ |
3-4 November EU-ACP Council | FINANCE and foreign ministers from 70 African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) nations and their European Union counterparts signed an economic protocol worth 12.8 billion ecu. The protocol, the Union’s eighth European Development Fund, will be joined by other funding for a total of 14.7 billion ecu which can be handed out... | European Voice Staff | FINANCE and foreign ministers from 70 African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) nations and their European Union counterparts signed an economic protocol worth 12.8 billion ecu. The protocol, the Union’s eighth European Development Fund, will be joined by other funding for a total of 14.7 billion ecu which can be handed out... | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Denmark",
"Ireland",
"United States"
] | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:47:57Z | 508 | https://www.politico.eu/article/3-4-november-eu-acp-council/ |
Baltic gas grid causes rift in negotiations | THE creation of an EU-wide web of electricity and gas networks is likely to be delayed by several months as a result of a difference of opinion between energy ministers and MEPs. Two changes made by the European Parliament to a report laying down the ground rules for the so-called energy trans-European networks (TENs) ... | Fiona McHugh | THE creation of an EU-wide web of electricity and gas networks is likely to be delayed by several months as a result of a difference of opinion between energy ministers and MEPs. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Finland",
"Spain",
"Sweden"
] | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:47:24Z | 480 | https://www.politico.eu/article/baltic-gas-grid-causes-rift-in-negotiations/ |
Italy more preoccupied with premiership than EU affairs | PRIME Minister Lamberto Dini’s recent success in defeating a no-confidence motion against his technocratic government has failed to revive hopes that elections in Italy could be postponed until after the country completes its EU presidency at the end of June. With parliamentary elections now virtually certain to take p... | Ivo Ilic Gabara | PRIME Minister Lamberto Dini’s recent success in defeating a no-confidence motion against his technocratic government has failed to revive hopes that elections in Italy could be postponed until after the country completes its EU presidency at the end of June. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Italy"
] | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:47:32Z | 488 | https://www.politico.eu/article/italy-more-preoccupied-with-premiership-than-eu-affairs/ |
Site of European Parliament seat is sight for sore eyes | MANY years ago, in an age of innocence when Maastricht was merely the capital of Limburg province noted for nothing more than the magnificent sixth-century Church of St. Servatius, unless you want to count its prodigious industrial output and its strategic importance on the borders of Belgium and Germany, a wise man ca... | Geoff Meade | MANY years ago, in an age of innocence when Maastricht was merely the capital of Limburg province noted for nothing more than the magnificent sixth-century Church of St. Servatius, unless you want to count its prodigious industrial output and its strategic importance on the borders of Belgium and Germany, a wise man ca... | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Luxembourg",
"United States"
] | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:47:43Z | 498 | https://www.politico.eu/article/site-of-european-parliament-seat-is-sight-for-sore-eyes/ |
Bureaucracy hits progress on networks | THE European Commission’s services are putting the final touches to a report for December’s Madrid summit complaining about continued hold-ups in the 14 priority trans-European networks (TENs). “It’s a general complaint about slow progress on the projects, with a special focus on regulatory and administrative obstacles... | Tim Jones | THE European Commission’s services are putting the final touches to a report for December’s Madrid summit complaining about continued hold-ups in the 14 priority trans-European networks (TENs). | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Austria",
"Denmark",
"Sweden"
] | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:47:23Z | 479 | https://www.politico.eu/article/bureaucracy-hits-progress-on-networks/ |
Parties square up for annual budget battle | SPENDING next year on the European Union’s ambitious programmes for trans-European networks and the Mediterranean is shaping up as the main budgetary battle between EU governments and the European Parliament. Governments will decide next week how to react to the decision by MEPs last month to cut back projected spendin... | Rory Watson | SPENDING next year on the European Union’s ambitious programmes for trans-European networks and the Mediterranean is shaping up as the main budgetary battle between EU governments and the European Parliament. | [] | Uncategorized | [] | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:47:26Z | 481 | https://www.politico.eu/article/parties-square-up-for-annual-budget-battle/ |
Cheap labour, or the chance of a lifetime? | Largely unheard of outside of Brussels, the stagiaire scheme is the fastest way to get ahead for Europe’s bright young things. Michael Mann reports ANYONE wondering how to launch him or herself on to the European Union decision-making ladder could do a lot worse than consider the European Commission’s five-month stagia... | European Voice Staff | Largely unheard of outside of Brussels, the stagiaire scheme is the fastest way to get ahead for Europe’s bright young things. Michael Mann reports | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Norway",
"Switzerland"
] | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:47:46Z | 500 | https://www.politico.eu/article/cheap-labour-or-the-chance-of-a-lifetime/ |
One’s loss is another’s gain | If Verrue’s vacant job has indeed got a French flag on it, then the UK flag is surely fluttering above the empty chair of director-general in DGXXI, responsible for customs and indirect taxation. Peter Wilmott’s hasty departure from the post, sacked by Commissioner Mario Monti after months in which the two were unable ... | European Voice Staff | If Verrue’s vacant job has indeed got a French flag on it, then the UK flag is surely fluttering above the empty chair of director-general in DGXXI, responsible for customs and indirect taxation. | [] | Uncategorized | [] | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:48:18Z | 522 | https://www.politico.eu/article/ones-loss-is-anothers-gain/ |
US trade compensation deal close | TRADE negotiators from the United States were due to leave Brussels today (9 November) after two days of talks with the European Commission close to an agreement on how to compensate Washington for increased tariffs in Austria, Finland and Sweden. The willingness of the European Commission to provide product-by-product... | Tim Jones | TRADE negotiators from the United States were due to leave Brussels today (9 November) after two days of talks with the European Commission close to an agreement on how to compensate Washington for increased tariffs in Austria, Finland and Sweden. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Austria",
"Finland",
"Sweden",
"United Kingdom"
] | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:47:12Z | 472 | https://www.politico.eu/article/us-trade-compensation-deal-close/ |
UN agency to fight rising drug abuse among youngsters | DRUG abuse among young people in Belgium is on the increase, as youngsters forsake alcohol for over-the-counter medicines and illegal drugs. To combat the growing problem, the United Nations-affiliated body Life Education International is set to launch its first branch on the European continent. Recent research shows a... | Michael Mann | DRUG abuse among young people in Belgium is on the increase, as youngsters forsake alcohol for over-the-counter medicines and illegal drugs. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Australia",
"Belgium",
"New Zealand",
"United States"
] | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:48:04Z | 513 | https://www.politico.eu/article/un-agency-to-fight-rising-drug-abuse-among-youngsters/ |
Bold plan for integration | EUROPE’S Christian Democratic parties have become the first pan-European political force to set out in detail the changes they want to make to the Maastricht Treaty after adopting an ambitious programme for a more closely integrated Europe. Wilfried Martens, leader of the European People’s Party (EPP) and a former Belg... | Rory Watson | EUROPE’S Christian Democratic parties have become the first pan-European political force to set out in detail the changes they want to make to the Maastricht Treaty after adopting an ambitious programme for a more closely integrated Europe. | [] | Uncategorized | [] | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:47:26Z | 482 | https://www.politico.eu/article/bold-plan-for-integration/ |
Polish election unlikely to affect EU relations | THE outcome of next week’s second round of voting in the race for the Polish presidency is unlikely to have a profound impact on the country’s relationship with the EU. The two men battling it out for the job are, not surprisingly, intent on telling voters just how different they are. But Western officials and diploma... | European Voice Staff | THE outcome of next week’s second round of voting in the race for the Polish presidency is unlikely to have a profound impact on the country’s relationship with the EU. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Germany",
"Poland",
"Russia"
] | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:47:36Z | 492 | https://www.politico.eu/article/polish-election-unlikely-to-affect-eu-relations/ |
Struggling for new treaty commitments on employment | New jobs are an unconscionable time coming. The effects of economic recovery on employment have yet to be seen. At the very best, it is holding unemployment steady – cold comfort indeed, when seen against the squandered economic opportunities and waste of human potential represented by 20 million unemployed. Only radic... | Emilio Gabaglio | New jobs are an unconscionable time coming. The effects of economic recovery on employment have yet to be seen. At the very best, it is holding unemployment steady – cold comfort indeed, when seen against the squandered economic opportunities and waste of human potential represented by 20 million unemployed. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"China",
"United States"
] | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:47:42Z | 496 | https://www.politico.eu/article/struggling-for-new-treaty-commitments-on-employment/ |
Setback for social dialogue in wake of parental leave deal | HOPES that the agreement struck this week between the social partners on parental leave could herald a new era in EU industrial relations have suffered a setback. News of the breakthrough on parental leave was followed swiftly by confirmation from UNICE, the European employers’ federation, that it would not enter negot... | Michael Mann | HOPES that the agreement struck this week between the social partners on parental leave could herald a new era in EU industrial relations have suffered a setback. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Ireland",
"Luxembourg",
"United Kingdom",
"United States"
] | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:47:17Z | 475 | https://www.politico.eu/article/setback-for-social-dialogue-in-wake-of-parental-leave-deal/ |
Clamour for openness | It is not sufficient for the Swedes that Brussels ‘leaks like a sieve anyway’. Emily von Sydow reports on the Nordic demand for greater transparency in the Union and widespread fears of what this might entail for its members NORDIC openness has been seen in a new light in recent weeks, prompting a French diplomat to la... | European Voice Staff | It is not sufficient for the Swedes that Brussels ‘leaks like a sieve anyway’. Emily von Sydow reports on the Nordic demand for greater transparency in the Union and widespread fears of what this might entail for its members | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Finland",
"Luxembourg",
"Sweden"
] | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:47:29Z | 486 | https://www.politico.eu/article/clamour-for-openness/ |
Clubs call for new treaty clause | EUROPEAN football clubs have joined the queue of institutions seeking amendments to the European Union’s treaties at next year’s Intergovernmental Conference (IGC). The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) was shaken by the opinion delivered by a European Court of Justice advocate-general in September that lo... | Tim Jones | EUROPEAN football clubs have joined the queue of institutions seeking amendments to the European Union’s treaties at next year’s Intergovernmental Conference (IGC). | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Belgium"
] | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:47:51Z | 504 | https://www.politico.eu/article/clubs-call-for-new-treaty-clause/ |
Sparks fly over electricity | AS Spain’s turn at the helm of the EU draws to a close, its dream of opening up Europe’s 136 billion ecu-a-year electricity market to competition seems unlikely to come true. Both the Spanish presidency and the European Commission have wagered their political reputations on the successful conclusion by Christmas of tal... | Fiona McHugh | AS Spain’s turn at the helm of the EU draws to a close, its dream of opening up Europe’s 136 billion ecu-a-year electricity market to competition seems unlikely to come true. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Finland",
"France",
"Germany",
"Greece",
"Ireland",
"Italy",
"Spain",
"Sweden",
"The Netherlands",
"United States"
] | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:48:07Z | 515 | https://www.politico.eu/article/sparks-fly-over-electricity/ |
Necessity of European Cartel Authority still questionable | ENFORCEMENT of the competition rules is almost the only field (anti-dumping is another) where European Commission officials have the power to receive complaints, conduct investigations and impose penalties. Whether the Commission should continue to do so is one of the topics to be settled at the Intergovernmental Confe... | Ian S Forrester QC | ENFORCEMENT of the competition rules is almost the only field (anti-dumping is another) where European Commission officials have the power to receive complaints, conduct investigations and impose penalties. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Germany",
"Japan"
] | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:47:52Z | 505 | https://www.politico.eu/article/necessity-of-european-cartel-authority-still-questionable/ |
Fischler rejects CAP ‘big bang’ | AGRICULTURE Commissioner Franz Fischler is set to throw down the gauntlet to member states intent on using the prospect of EU enlargement to force further radical reforms in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). He will insist there is “no causal link” between the two in a report to be presented to December’s summit in... | Michael Mann | fischler rejects cap ‘big bang’ agriculture commissioner franz fischler is set to throw down the gauntlet to member states intent on using the prospect of eu enlargement to force further radical reforms in the common agricultural policy (cap). | [] | Uncategorized | [
"United States"
] | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:47:11Z | 470 | https://www.politico.eu/article/fischler-rejects-cap-big-bang/ |
Europe moves to underline its support for Israeli premier | AS the world speculates anxiously on the future of the Middle East peace process in the wake of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination, European Union officials have underlined their determination to help acting Premier Shimon Peres build on his predecessor’s work. They were quick to emphasise this week t... | Elizabeth Wise | AS the world speculates anxiously on the future of the Middle East peace process in the wake of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination, European Union officials have underlined their determination to help acting Premier Shimon Peres build on his predecessor’s work. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"France",
"Germany",
"Israel",
"Jordan",
"United Kingdom",
"United States"
] | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:47:34Z | 491 | https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-moves-to-underline-its-support-for-israeli-premier/ |
Four headphones and a language course | Film moguls have been sniffing around the Commission’s interpreters studying the real thing in readiness for a new movie from Polygram, the people who brought you Four Weddings and a Funeral. Apparently the setting for what is being billed as a major production is more likely to be the UN than the EU, but the researche... | European Voice Staff | Film moguls have been sniffing around the Commission’s interpreters studying the real thing in readiness for a new movie from Polygram, the people who brought you Four Weddings and a Funeral. | [] | Uncategorized | [] | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:48:22Z | 526 | https://www.politico.eu/article/four-headphones-and-a-language-course/ |
Benefits of a strong base and broader consensus | IT is not an easy task projecting the Economic and Social Committee. The Brussels-based body is one of the lesser-known European Union institutions – largely because most of its members prefer it that way. But as the Union prepares for enlargement and tries to reassure a sceptical public, there will be pressure to shed... | Rory Watson | IT is not an easy task projecting the Economic and Social Committee. The Brussels-based body is one of the lesser-known European Union institutions – largely because most of its members prefer it that way. But as the Union prepares for enlargement and tries to reassure a sceptical public, there will be pressure to shed... | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Greece"
] | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:47:50Z | 503 | https://www.politico.eu/article/benefits-of-a-strong-base-and-broader-consensus/ |
6-7 November industry Council | THE Council of Industry Ministers agreed in principle to launch an action plan aimed at boosting European industrial competitiveness. Governments should remove administrative red tape, ensure competition is unimpaired, promote training and accelerate technical standardisation in the Union. The Commission will be asked ... | European Voice Staff | THE Council of Industry Ministers agreed in principle to launch an action plan aimed at boosting European industrial competitiveness. Governments should remove administrative red tape, ensure competition is unimpaired, promote training and accelerate technical standardisation in the Union. The Commission will be asked ... | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Italy",
"Japan",
"Luxembourg",
"United Kingdom"
] | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:47:55Z | 507 | https://www.politico.eu/article/6-7-november-industry-council/ |
Reshuffle boosts EMU hopes | IF the news that Alain Juppé has kept his job as French prime minister were not enough to please supporters of deeper European integration, the come-back of Alain Lamassoure will surely delight them. Lamassoure, the biggest name to enter the so-called ‘Juppe II’ government, takes on the post of budget minister – a good... | Elizabeth Wise | IF the news that Alain Juppé has kept his job as French prime minister were not enough to please supporters of deeper European integration, the come-back of Alain Lamassoure will surely delight them. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"France"
] | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:47:31Z | 487 | https://www.politico.eu/article/reshuffle-boosts-emu-hopes/ |
New drive to ease spiralling urban congestion | GOVERNMENTS will have to consider a tougher approach to tackle the mounting congestion on Europe’s roads, Transport Commissioner Neil Kinnock is set to warn in a Green Paper to be published early next year. The paper will make the point that so-called ‘pull’ measures to encourage traffic to leave the streets may be mor... | European Voice Staff | GOVERNMENTS will have to consider a tougher approach to tackle the mounting congestion on Europe’s roads, Transport Commissioner Neil Kinnock is set to warn in a Green Paper to be published early next year. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"United States"
] | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:47:22Z | 478 | https://www.politico.eu/article/new-drive-to-ease-spiralling-urban-congestion/ |
Trials and tribulations of being among privileged few | DURING conference in the first week of the stage, the favourite questions asked in coffee breaks were “what DG are you in?” and “are you a lawyer or an economist?”But the obvious question: “What are you going to do?” never came up. I later found out that this was because virtually no one knew what they were going to do... | European Voice Staff | DURING conference in the first week of the stage, the favourite questions asked in coffee breaks were “what DG are you in?” and “are you a lawyer or an economist?”But the obvious question: “What are you going to do?” never came up. I later found out that this was because virtually no one knew what they were going to do... | [] | Uncategorized | [] | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:47:47Z | 501 | https://www.politico.eu/article/trials-and-tribulations-of-being-among-privileged-few/ |
Quebec debate rings bell in Belgium | THE referendum in Quebec has been followed with particular attention in the Belgian media and political circles. In a country with a never-ending history of communal strife, all foreign experiments with devolution, autonomy or break-up are observed with a magnifying glass. Whereas Gaullist France, so ticklish when it c... | Jean-Paul Marthoz | THE referendum in Quebec has been followed with particular attention in the Belgian media and political circles. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Belgium",
"Canada",
"France"
] | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:48:03Z | 512 | https://www.politico.eu/article/quebec-debate-rings-bell-in-belgium/ |
MEPs push for stricter workers’ safety standards | SOCIALIST MEP Peter Skinner has accused EU governments of putting money before their workers’ health and safety. “It is clear that the Commission has bowed to the prevailing mood of member states which believe that safety can be sacrificed to save money for businesses,” Skinner says of draft new rules governing the use... | Fiona McHugh | SOCIALIST MEP Peter Skinner has accused EU governments of putting money before their workers’ health and safety. | [] | Uncategorized | [] | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:47:27Z | 483 | https://www.politico.eu/article/meps-push-for-stricter-workers-safety-standards/ |
Auditor steps out of shadows | ONCE a year André Middelhoek, the president of the European Union’s Court of Auditors, emerges from his usual place in the wings to occupy central stage. He is now putting the finishing touches to his latest performance which can be seen in Strasbourg next week. The venue – the European Parliament – and the theme – ana... | European Voice Staff | ONCE a year André Middelhoek, the president of the European Union’s Court of Auditors, emerges from his usual place in the wings to occupy central stage. He is now putting the finishing touches to his latest performance which can be seen in Strasbourg next week. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Luxembourg",
"The Netherlands"
] | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-08T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:47:38Z | 493 | https://www.politico.eu/article/auditor-steps-out-of-shadows/ |
Race hots up for job of NATO chief | NATO watchers have begun a countdown to mid-November, when ambassadors to the 16-nation alliance are expected to decide on who should lead the beleaguered institution. The suspense is dying down, as more and more nations give their blessing to Ruud Lubbers, but the former Dutch prime minister still faces a challenge fr... | Elizabeth Wise | NATO watchers have begun a countdown to mid-November, when ambassadors to the 16-nation alliance are expected to decide on who should lead the beleaguered institution. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Italy"
] | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:45:58Z | 416 | https://www.politico.eu/article/race-hots-up-for-job-of-nato-chief/ |
Cut flowers controversy delays pact | EU foreign ministers will meet in Brussels next week in the hope of wrapping up an association agreement with Morocco after a dispute over access for agricultural products blocked a final deal. To widespread amazement, negotiations broke down this week over the seemingly trivial question of access to the Union market f... | European Voice Staff | EU foreign ministers will meet in Brussels next week in the hope of wrapping up an association agreement with Morocco after a dispute over access for agricultural products blocked a final deal. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Belgium",
"Germany",
"Luxembourg",
"Morocco",
"The Netherlands",
"United States"
] | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:46:07Z | 424 | https://www.politico.eu/article/cut-flowers-controversy-delays-pact/ |
Paris heads for court to defend Strasbourg seat | A SHOWDOWN over where MEPs are to do their work in 1996 now looks inevitable, following France’s decision to challenge plans to cut the number of plenary sessions held in Strasbourg in court. French European Affairs Minister Michel Barnier told his counterparts in Luxembourg this week that Paris had decided to go to th... | Fiona McHugh | A SHOWDOWN over where MEPs are to do their work in 1996 now looks inevitable, following France’s decision to challenge plans to cut the number of plenary sessions held in Strasbourg in court. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Belgium",
"France",
"Luxembourg"
] | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:46:19Z | 432 | https://www.politico.eu/article/paris-heads-for-court-to-defend-strasbourg-seat/ |
After years in the shade, EIB enters the spotlight | THE European Investment Bank (EIB) has long felt itself a poor cousin of the EU’s institutions. Set up in 1958, in the early days of the European Communities, the Luxembourg-based bank is often forgotten when times are easy and even when issues of direct interest to it are decided. Sir Brian Unwin would, ever so gently... | Tim Jones | THE European Investment Bank (EIB) has long felt itself a poor cousin of the EU’s institutions. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Luxembourg",
"United States"
] | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:46:37Z | 444 | https://www.politico.eu/article/after-years-in-the-shade-eib-enters-the-spotlight/ |
Commission rejects devaluation subsidies | THE European Commission this week firmly rejected the idea of compensating large industrial companies for profits lost due to major appreciation of the currencies where their production base is housed. Unveiling its much-leaked report into the impact on the internal market of Europe’s post-1992 currency swings, the Eur... | Tim Jones | THE European Commission this week firmly rejected the idea of compensating large industrial companies for profits lost due to major appreciation of the currencies where their production base is housed. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Ireland",
"United States"
] | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:47:00Z | 460 | https://www.politico.eu/article/commission-rejects-devaluation-subsidies/ |
Waltz with dictators a thing of the past | CENTRAL Africa is again in the forefront of Belgium’s foreign policy. After the genocide in Rwanda last year and the swift departure of Belgian peacekeepers after ten were killed by Hutu extremists, Belgium’s foreign policy establishment is putting order into its Africa file. Cooperation Minister Reginald Moreels, a Fl... | Jean-Paul Marthoz | CENTRAL Africa is again in the forefront of Belgium’s foreign policy. After the genocide in Rwanda last year and the swift departure of Belgian peacekeepers after ten were killed by Hutu extremists, Belgium’s foreign policy establishment is putting order into its Africa file. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Belgium",
"Burundi",
"Democratic Republic of Congo",
"France",
"Rwanda",
"South Africa"
] | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:46:52Z | 454 | https://www.politico.eu/article/waltz-with-dictators-a-thing-of-the-past/ |
Officials unconvinced by Eire’s fresh air | Ireland’s self-esteem has been restored somewhat by the announcement that Frenchman Jean-Paul Bourjac has been appointed to head the EU’s veterinary and plant office, due to open soon in County Meath. The decision helps end the stalemate which has existed since October 1993 when EU leaders first agreed to transfer the ... | European Voice Staff | Ireland’s self-esteem has been restored somewhat by the announcement that Frenchman Jean-Paul Bourjac has been appointed to head the EU’s veterinary and plant office, due to open soon in County Meath. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Ireland"
] | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:47:04Z | 463 | https://www.politico.eu/article/officials-unconvinced-by-eires-fresh-air/ |
Market to dictate new international accounting rules | THE creation of a single set of internationally-acceptable accounting standards allowing European companies to register more easily on foreign stock exchanges should be dictated by the market and not by EU law, the European Commission is expected to decide this month. Adopting a new flexible approach, Single Market Com... | Fiona McHugh | THE creation of a single set of internationally-acceptable accounting standards allowing European companies to register more easily on foreign stock exchanges should be dictated by the market and not by EU law, the European Commission is expected to decide this month. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"United Kingdom"
] | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:46:58Z | 458 | https://www.politico.eu/article/market-to-dictate-new-international-accounting-rules/ |
Diplomats liaise over name | The problem over Greece and Macedonia has been resolved, at least at the new diplomatic liaison offices which have been set up in Athens and Skopje. The Greeks insisted that nameplates on the street outside the new offices have to say ‘Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’ to avoid confusion with the ‘other’ place. Bu... | European Voice Staff | The problem over Greece and Macedonia has been resolved, at least at the new diplomatic liaison offices which have been set up in Athens and Skopje. | [] | Uncategorized | [] | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:47:08Z | 467 | https://www.politico.eu/article/diplomats-liaise-over-name/ |
New twist in Ritt diary drama as public clamours for more | It’s not over yet. In the lastest twist of the saga, Ritt Bjerregaard is demanding compensation from a prominent Danish newspaper which printed details of her diary of the daily doings of ordinary Commissioner folk. By the time the Environment Commissioner bowed to inside pressure and ordered her publisher to scrap the... | European Voice Staff | It’s not over yet. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Denmark"
] | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:47:05Z | 464 | https://www.politico.eu/article/new-twist-in-ritt-diary-drama-as-public-clamours-for-more/ |
Cooperation in fighting fraud | LIBERAL parliamentarians in the European Union plan to issue a ten-point programme to fight fraud against the EU 85-billion-ecu budget next week. The initiative is being launched just days before the Court of Auditors issues its annual report into EU spending and coincides with efforts by MEPs to strengthen the Union’s... | Rory Watson | LIBERAL parliamentarians in the European Union plan to issue a ten-point programme to fight fraud against the EU 85-billion-ecu budget next week. | [] | Uncategorized | [] | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:46:18Z | 431 | https://www.politico.eu/article/cooperation-in-fighting-fraud/ |
Move close to home | Schengen ministers are staging a meeting in Ostend, despite the fact that all other meetings under the Belgian Schengen presidency have been in Brussels. The reason has nothing to do with waving across the Channel at the anti-Schengen UK, or keeping the media spotlight off a gathering which could turn into a confrontat... | European Voice Staff | Schengen ministers are staging a meeting in Ostend, despite the fact that all other meetings under the Belgian Schengen presidency have been in Brussels. The reason has nothing to do with waving across the Channel at the anti-Schengen UK, or keeping the media spotlight off a gathering which could turn into a confrontat... | [] | Uncategorized | [] | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:47:06Z | 465 | https://www.politico.eu/article/move-close-to-home/ |
Germany scores key EMU victory | GERMANY has won the day in deciding how the transition to a single currency will be fashioned, so clearing the way for December’s Madrid summit to map out a scenario for those countries ready to join a monetary union in 1999. In a week when German Social Democrat leader Rudolph Scharping voiced doubts about the new cur... | Tim Jones | GERMANY has won the day in deciding how the transition to a single currency will be fashioned, so clearing the way for December’s Madrid summit to map out a scenario for those countries ready to join a monetary union in 1999. | [] | Uncategorized | [] | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:45:51Z | 411 | https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-scores-key-emu-victory/ |
26 October Fisheries Council | Fisheries ministers unanimously agreed measures to control fishing in western waters from the start of 1996. The agreement was based on a compromise plan brought forward by the Spanish presidency, involving a three-tiered control arrangement, after member states rejected Commission proposals. In national waters, member... | European Voice Staff | Fisheries ministers unanimously agreed measures to control fishing in western waters from the start of 1996. The agreement was based on a compromise plan brought forward by the Spanish presidency, involving a three-tiered control arrangement, after member states rejected Commission proposals. In national waters, member... | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Morocco",
"Portugal",
"Spain"
] | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:46:44Z | 449 | https://www.politico.eu/article/26-october-fisheries-council/ |
Commission aims to hasten EU law implementation | and Rory WatsonTHE European Commission is planning to sharpen up its heavily overburdened internal procedures for ensuring all member states fully respect EU legislation. Ways of ensuring recalcitrant governments implement Union law are now being worked on by senior officials and are due to be considered for the first ... | Fiona McHugh | and Rory WatsonTHE European Commission is planning to sharpen up its heavily overburdened internal procedures for ensuring all member states fully respect EU legislation. | [] | Uncategorized | [] | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:45:53Z | 413 | https://www.politico.eu/article/commission-aims-to-hasten-eu-law-implementation/ |
Debate over EU Security Council seat ‘premature’ | IT makes two European Union nations very angry and most of the others nervous. So nervous, in fact, that most say they have no opinion on it at all. “Who has proposed that?” political counsellors and spokesmen ask, adding quickly: “We have no position on that.”‘That’ is the notion of a seat for the EU on the United Nat... | Elizabeth Wise | debate over eu security council seat ‘premature’ it makes two european union nations very angry and most of the others nervous. so nervous, in fact, that most say they have no opinion on it at all. “who has proposed that?” political counsellors and spokesm | [] | Uncategorized | [
"France",
"Germany",
"Italy",
"Japan",
"Sweden",
"The Netherlands",
"United States"
] | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:46:12Z | 427 | https://www.politico.eu/article/debate-over-eu-security-council-seat-premature/ |
Chirac launches charm offensive | FRENCH President Jacques Chirac used a series of meetings with his EU counterparts this week to mend fences and build bridges after a controversial first five months in office. Following a high-profile meeting with German Chancellor Helmut Kohl last week when the two men put on a very public display of unity, Chirac he... | Thomas Klau | FRENCH President Jacques Chirac used a series of meetings with his EU counterparts this week to mend fences and build bridges after a controversial first five months in office. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"France",
"Germany",
"United States"
] | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:46:08Z | 425 | https://www.politico.eu/article/chirac-launches-charm-offensive/ |
Reunified Germany revels in its new-found confidence | SIX years ago, Germans on both sides of the vanishing wall were breathlessly witnessing the unthinkable: the silent collapse of a threatening world that most people assumed would survive for decades to come. Six years later, the unprecedented integration of a bankrupt state of 18 million citizens has given birth to a n... | European Voice Staff | SIX years ago, Germans on both sides of the vanishing wall were breathlessly witnessing the unthinkable: the silent collapse of a threatening world that most people assumed would survive for decades to come. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"France",
"Germany",
"Italy",
"United States"
] | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:46:35Z | 443 | https://www.politico.eu/article/reunified-germany-revels-in-its-new-found-confidence/ |
Europe’s arms industry must collaborate or die | EUROFIGHTER. Eurofrigate. Eurocopter. Increasing joint weapons systems give the impression that European nations are integrating their defence industries along the lines of the single market. But EU governments are far from unified on matters of procurement and exports, despite talk of European projects, agencies and m... | European Voice Staff | EUROFIGHTER. Eurofrigate. Eurocopter. Increasing joint weapons systems give the impression that European nations are integrating their defence industries along the lines of the single market. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Denmark",
"France",
"Germany",
"Italy",
"Spain",
"The Netherlands",
"United Kingdom",
"United States"
] | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:46:31Z | 441 | https://www.politico.eu/article/europes-arms-industry-must-collaborate-or-die/ |
Finance strategy looks for structural change | THE European Commission is expected to endorse the second stage of its strategy to tighten up its internal financial management next week. The new rules being prepared by Personnel and Budget Commissioner Erkki Liikanen are designed to ensure better value for money from annual EU spending. They will concentrate on orga... | European Voice Staff | THE European Commission is expected to endorse the second stage of its strategy to tighten up its internal financial management next week. The new rules being prepared by Personnel and Budget Commissioner Erkki Liikanen are designed to ensure better value for money from annual EU spending. | [] | Uncategorized | [] | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:46:00Z | 418 | https://www.politico.eu/article/finance-strategy-looks-for-structural-change/ |
Expansion of traditional food list stirs heated row | DANISH liver pâté, meatballs and Swedish fruit syrup threaten to become a cause of friction between the European Commission and MEPs. Should they, or should they not, be classified as foodstuffs made according to traditional methods and processes like German beer, French baguette and Greek feta? The European Parliament... | European Voice Staff | DANISH liver pâté, meatballs and Swedish fruit syrup threaten to become a cause of friction between the European Commission and MEPs. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Austria",
"Italy",
"Spain"
] | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:46:20Z | 433 | https://www.politico.eu/article/expansion-of-traditional-food-list-stirs-heated-row/ |
Director-general sacked over ‘irreconcilable differences’ | THE European Union’s highly-complex system for harmonising indirect taxation this week claimed the scalp of the leading Commission official mandated to oversee it. At this week’s meeting of the Commission, Internal Market Commissioner Mario Monti won the backing of his colleagues for the dismissal of his director-gener... | Tim Jones | director-general sacked over ‘irreconcilable differences’ the european union’s highly-complex system for harmonising indirect taxation this week claimed the scalp of the leading commission official mandated to oversee it. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"United States"
] | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:46:01Z | 419 | https://www.politico.eu/article/director-general-sacked-over-irreconcilable-differences/ |
Commissioners to agree code for outside interests | EUROPEAN Commissioners will agree and publish a new code of conduct within the next two weeks laying down clear rules for the first time on their outside activities. The decision, taken at this week’s meeting of the full Commission, is designed to deflect growing criticism both within and outside the institution over t... | Rory Watson | EUROPEAN Commissioners will agree and publish a new code of conduct within the next two weeks laying down clear rules for the first time on their outside activities. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Luxembourg"
] | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:45:59Z | 417 | https://www.politico.eu/article/commissioners-to-agree-code-for-outside-interests/ |
End of the Cold War has sent defence budgets into tailspin | THE fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of communism in the former Soviet Union may have been welcomed by most Europeans but, for Europe’s armaments industry, it has spelled crisis. Along with the trend throughout the Union for cutting public-sector deficits, the reduced threat from the east has led EU governments to s... | European Voice Staff | THE fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of communism in the former Soviet Union may have been welcomed by most Europeans but, for Europe’s armaments industry, it has spelled crisis. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"France",
"Germany",
"Italy",
"Saudi Arabia",
"Spain",
"Switzerland",
"United Kingdom"
] | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:46:33Z | 442 | https://www.politico.eu/article/end-of-the-cold-war-has-sent-defence-budgets-into-tailspin/ |
Prising open trade doors | WHEN some of Europe’s top industrialists sit down opposite a handful of their Japanese counterparts next week, much of the talk will be about cooperation and the need for common fronts in setting the industrial and commercial policy agenda in Tokyo and Brussels. But the EU-Japan Industrialists Round Table on 9-10 Novem... | Tim Jones | WHEN some of Europe’s top industrialists sit down opposite a handful of their Japanese counterparts next week, much of the talk will be about cooperation and the need for common fronts in setting the industrial and commercial policy agenda in Tokyo and Brussels. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Germany",
"Japan",
"Mexico",
"United Kingdom"
] | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:46:55Z | 456 | https://www.politico.eu/article/prising-open-trade-doors/ |
Bid to clear backlog of law complaints | THE European Commission is seeking to improve public confidence in its supervision of EU legislation by tackling the backlog of complaints against governments accused of breaking Union rules. Internal rules stipulate that complaints should be investigated and handled within a year. A recent analysis revealed that sever... | Fiona McHugh | THE European Commission is seeking to improve public confidence in its supervision of EU legislation by tackling the backlog of complaints against governments accused of breaking Union rules. | [] | Uncategorized | [] | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:45:52Z | 412 | https://www.politico.eu/article/bid-to-clear-backlog-of-law-complaints/ |
DG searches phare and near for perfect acronym | A NEW Commission initiative has just landed on my desk, announcing the launch of EUROPRACTICE, which apparently means Promoting Access To Components subsystems and microsystems Technologies for Industrial Competitiveness in Europe. As acronyms go, this is a stinker. We in Europe are used to better. ECLAIR, SPRINT, RACE... | Geoff Meade | A NEW Commission initiative has just landed on my desk, announcing the launch of EUROPRACTICE, which apparently means Promoting Access To Components subsystems and microsystems Technologies for Industrial Competitiveness in Europe. | [] | Uncategorized | [] | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:46:29Z | 439 | https://www.politico.eu/article/dg-searches-phare-and-near-for-perfect-acronym/ |
Commission responds to declining arms industry | THE European Commission will publish a report this month on the state of the EU’s armaments industry, encouraging governments to create a single market for defence procurement and technical development. “We are suggesting eliminating the barriers to a European market,” said a Commission official. “We need to get rid of... | Elizabeth Wise | THE European Commission will publish a report this month on the state of the EU’s armaments industry, encouraging governments to create a single market for defence procurement and technical development. | [] | Uncategorized | [] | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:46:02Z | 421 | https://www.politico.eu/article/commission-responds-to-declining-arms-industry/ |
Croatia accord set back | CROATIA may be further than ever from the trade and cooperation accord it began negotiating with the EU in June. Leader Franjo Tudjman’s threats of war over Eastern Slavonia, along with unanswered questions about the future of Serb refugees in Croatia, have set the republic back in its dealings with EU officials, who n... | European Voice Staff | CROATIA may be further than ever from the trade and cooperation accord it began negotiating with the EU in June. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Albania",
"Bulgaria",
"Croatia",
"Hungary",
"Poland",
"Romania",
"Slovenia"
] | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:46:15Z | 429 | https://www.politico.eu/article/croatia-accord-set-back/ |
Irish confident state aid to Aer Lingus will be cleared | THE Irish government is confident that the European Commission will clear the last 60-million-ecu helping of subsidies due to state-owned airline Aer Lingus by the end of the year. After delivering a report on progress made in restructuring the company on 27 October, the government was optimistic that the final tranche... | European Voice Staff | THE Irish government is confident that the European Commission will clear the last 60-million-ecu helping of subsidies due to state-owned airline Aer Lingus by the end of the year. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Mali"
] | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-23T18:14:58Z | 459 | https://www.politico.eu/article/irish-confident-state-aid-to-aer-lingus-will-be-cleared/ |
Accidents fuel debate over safety | THE debate on fitting safety belts in coaches and buses has been given added impetus by a series of tragic accidents, not least in the UK, where public sensibilities about safety are particularly intense and politicians very sensitive about the role ‘Brussels’ plays in setting standards. As far back as November 1993, t... | European Voice Staff | THE debate on fitting safety belts in coaches and buses has been given added impetus by a series of tragic accidents, not least in the UK, where public sensibilities about safety are particularly intense and politicians very sensitive about the role ‘Brussels’ plays in setting standards. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"United States"
] | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:46:02Z | 420 | https://www.politico.eu/article/accidents-fuel-debate-over-safety/ |
24-25 October Agriculture Council | FARM ministers expressed broad support for the Commission’s proposals for the reform of the fruit and vegetable sector, but some countries, notably the Netherlands and Belgium, objected to having to co-finance reform measures. The UK was unhappy at giving producer organisations a greater role in market management. The ... | European Voice Staff | FARM ministers expressed broad support for the Commission’s proposals for the reform of the fruit and vegetable sector, but some countries, notably the Netherlands and Belgium, objected to having to co-finance reform measures. The UK was unhappy at giving producer organisations a greater role in market management. The ... | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Austria",
"Belgium",
"China",
"France",
"Greece",
"Sweden",
"The Netherlands",
"United States"
] | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:46:46Z | 451 | https://www.politico.eu/article/24-25-october-agriculture-council/ |
Advancing by consensus | JACQUES Santer was not dealt a strong hand when he was selected just over a year ago by his fellow government leaders to become European Commission president and the odds have been stacked against him ever since. It has meant that he has had to play his cards cautiously and choose with care the issues on which he is pr... | European Voice Staff | JACQUES Santer was not dealt a strong hand when he was selected just over a year ago by his fellow government leaders to become European Commission president and the odds have been stacked against him ever since. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Luxembourg",
"United States"
] | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:46:24Z | 435 | https://www.politico.eu/article/advancing-by-consensus/ |
Countdown begins for Turkey as MEPs decide | THE fate of Turkey’s customs union with the European Union now lies in the hands of the European Parliament. After formally clearing the last negotiating hurdles earlier this week, EU foreign ministers warned the assembly not to jeopardise the union, planned for next January, which they said was of “strategic, politica... | European Voice Staff | THE fate of Turkey’s customs union with the European Union now lies in the hands of the European Parliament. | [] | Uncategorized | [
"Turkey"
] | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 1995-11-01T16:00:00Z | 2014-04-11T22:46:14Z | 428 | https://www.politico.eu/article/countdown-begins-for-turkey-as-meps-decide/ |
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