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Getting the EU news right

December 6, 2011

  By Jesper Ernlund Lassen: The EU-Commissions handling of faulty articles meets different opinions from experts, professionals and a European Parliamentarian. The EU-Commission daily has all European news monitored by an external company in Paris. News about the EU is then being forwarded to Brussels where it is being assessed, if there are direct...
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The EU is in a lonely climate fight

December 5, 2011

Right now the EU is pushing for a viable successor to the Kyoto Protocol at the COP17 conference in Durban. But a new deal on climate action is highly unlikely, says commissioner, and the EU cannot save the climate alone. “The EU is ready. The world is not waiting for the European Union to...
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EU Keeping Quiet About Occupy

December 5, 2011

Brussels remains untouched by the Occupy movement, as protestors are absent, and the EU is turning a blind eye to demonstrations across the continent. It’s been almost two months since the occupy movement took to European streets, and two months of silence from the European Union. Tim Noonan, Director of Communications at the International...
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Europe from behind the glass

December 4, 2011

  BRUSSELS – The EU is running out of Dutch interpreters. If nothing is done, many Dutch interpreting booths might by 2020  remain silent.
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To ban “snus”or not to ban “snus”

October 25, 2011

My father has a problem. He is, as well as around 1,2 million other people in Sweden, a user of snus. The damp tobacco that you place under your lip is banned all over the EU except for Sweden, which makes it complicated when users go abroad. - It is discrimination, says the Swedish...
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The Turks won’t wait forever for an EU membership

October 24, 2011

Another year has passed in the membership negotiations between the EU Commission and the Turkish government. But as the negotiations drags on, the Anatolian country is drifting slowly away from its European neighbors. “The Turkish government and the Turks in general are increasingly indifferent towards the question of membership of the European Union, compared...
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Is the Commission breaking its own laws?



October 23, 2011

BRUSSELS – What’s interesting about the latest and most far-reaching attempt to thwart internet piracy in the world isn’t its name, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), but that it might be in violation of fundamental rights in the EU.
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Absent political reaction to the State of the Union

October 11, 2011
Absent political reaction to the State of the Union

More integration and a commitment to a stronger and ever closer European Union. José Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission, plotted out the way forward for Europe in his speech on the State of the Union. At least for now, most of the opposition remains silent.
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Little room for EU in the Danish election

September 26, 2011

It was late Thursday night on the 15th of September, before Helle Thorning Schmidt could take the traditional walk up the stairs to the Folketing, the Danish parliament, as the electoral victor and future Prime Minister of Denmark. She had just won a close election, with 92 seats for the left wing and 87...
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European Budget or the 27 piece jigsaw puzzle

October 13, 2010

The budget is central to EU decision-making and politics. In fact, more than just the principal source of funding, it also targets the EU’s priorities and influences sets whether the EU institutions can operate or not. By Camille Lepage Anouk Mentink and Karoline Hansen A bit of history Since the Treaty of Rome in...
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Fine Details Threaten ECI Implementation

September 20, 2010

By Michael Huguenin, Piers d’Orgee and Steffen Windfeld-Hansen The European Citizens’ Initiative is in its final stages of development, but negotiations over fine details continue to draw out the process. European politicians continue to squabble over how the ECI is to be conducted. The general concept is still considered to be a huge improvement...
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Barroso Slammed for ‘Vague PR Stunt’

September 14, 2010

By Piers D’Orgee, Steffen Hesseldal Windfeld-Hansen & Michael Huguenin Members of the European Parliament have slammed José Manuel Durão Barroso’s ‘State of the Union’ speech for lacking conviction. Vice President of the Socialist Group, Hannes Swoboda, claimed the inaugural ‘State of the Union’ address by the European Commission President was “a disappointment”. Swoboda was...
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Lisbon Treaty Creates Uncertain Future for EU Transparency

December 10, 2009

A victory for transparency or a disaster for democratic legitimacy and public trust in the EU? The opinions about how the Lisbon treaty affects the openness in the Union are in massive variance among officials, experts and journalists. “The Union definitely gets more transparent now. For the first time in an EU treaty the...
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