Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
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| 1. Matolcsy on the defensive | January 18, 2012 |
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The unity of Hungary's governing party appears to be fracturing. Viktor Orbán's first 18 months in office was characterised by an extraordinary level of party discipline.... |
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| 2. Hungary taken to task | January 18, 2012 |
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Commission challenges three Hungarian laws; Barroso and Orbán to meet next week. The European Commission launched a legal challenge against three Hungarian laws on Tuesday... | |
| 3. France to push ahead with plans for a financial transaction tax | January 12, 2012 |
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Sarkozy hopes others will follow suit. Nicolas Sarkozy, France's president, said on Monday (9 January) that he would present plans for a financial transaction tax for France... |
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| 4. Unrealised potential is proving costly | January 12, 2012 |
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Billions are being wasted because of problems with legislation. Each year, €72 billion is wasted as a result of improper implementation of EU waste legislation,... | |
| 5. Hungary could pay the penalty for failing to cut budget deficit | January 12, 2012 |
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Fines cannot be imposed as Hungary is not in eurozone. Hungary stands to lose access to European Union cohesion funds as a penalty for fiscal laxity. |
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| 6. Rehn cautious on Eurobond success | January 12, 2012 |
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Commissioner says introduction of Eurobonds will not be easy. Olli Rehn, the European commissioner for economic and monetary affairs, has acknowledged that the introduction... |
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| 7. Candidates tested in head-to-head debate | January 12, 2012 |
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Schulz softens line on Parliament's two seats; fears over Parliament being sidelined on treaty.
Editorial: Presidency must be freed from grip of party interests With days... |
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| 8. Passengers to lose out as airlines plan to spread the cost | January 5, 2012 |
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Luthansa says how it will pass on the cost. Amid wide-ranging estimates of the impact on passengers of the inclusion of airlines in the EU's emissions trading scheme (ETS),... |
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| 9. Member states start work on inter-governmental treaty | January 5, 2012 |
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MEPs, Commission seek limited lifespan for treaty; while Van Rompuy wants draft finalised by 30 January.
Merkel and Sarkozy to hold talks on eurozone crisis
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| 10. ECB appoints Belgian as chief economist | January 5, 2012 |
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Peter Praet to take over from Jürgen Stark. The Belgian economist Peter Praet has been given the influential economics portfolio on the executive board of the European... | |
| 11. Merkel and Sarkozy to hold talks on eurozone crisis | January 5, 2012 |
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The leaders of Germany and France meet in Berlin on Monday. Angela Merkel, the chancellor of Germany, and Nicolas Sarkozy, the president of France, are to meet in Berlin on... |
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| 12. Poland left on the outside as eurozone undergoes a transformation | December 21, 2011 |
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Poland suffered from not being in the eurozone club. As with Hungary's six months at the helm of the Council of Ministers before it, Poland's non-membership of the single... | |
| 13. Clashes with Green groups | December 21, 2011 |
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Poland accused of hampering Durban talks. The Polish presidency made some limited progress on environmental issues, but Greens have accused them of working against the EU's... |
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| 14. Good relations with MEPs | December 21, 2011 |
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Success in a number of areas. MEPs and officials agree that the Polish presidency worked hard to improve relations between the Council of Ministers and the European... | |
| 15. Failure at the border | December 21, 2011 |
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Schengen dominates in the justice and home affairs field. Poland's failure to steer Bulgaria and Romania into the EU's Schengen area of borderless travel overshadowed... |
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| 16. Trade ministers agree new procurement rules | December 15, 2011 |
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EU, US, Japan compromise to pave way for updated Government Procurement Agreement. The European Union has agreed with the United States and Japan to open up their... | |
| 17. Medvedev in bid to speed up EU visa deal | December 8, 2011 |
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Russia wants visa regime to be lifted automatically, EU member states remain sceptical.
• EU-Ukraine association deal in the balance Dmitry Medvedev, Russia's president,... |
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| 18. A conference of rival options | November 17, 2011 |
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The eurozone dominates the Dahrendorf Symposium. The EU's existential crisis was a constant theme of the Dahrendorf Symposium, a conference held in Berlin last week (8-10... | |
| 19. Dutiful calls for unity | November 17, 2011 |
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Barroso and Van Rompuy follow the script. The most vocal calls for unity have come from those duty-bound to make them: José Manuel Barroso, the European Commission's... | |
| 20. Merkel's ambitious plans | November 17, 2011 |
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Angela Merkel, Germany's chancellor, is known more for pragmatism than vision, but on Monday (15 November) she set out an ambitious vision for Germany and for Europe. “The... | |
