Go to the Content Tuesday, 7 February 2012
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| 1. Family ties cut | February 2, 2012 |
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Diana Wallis's husband won't be taking her seat in the European Parliament. The will he?/won't he? saga that has gripped (most of) Europe is over. | |
| 2. 25 countries join EU fiscal treaty | January 30, 2012 |
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Only the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom say they will not join; non-euro countries to attend at least one annual eurozone meeting.
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| 3. EU-wide pension rules ‘will force funds to close down' | January 28, 2012 |
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Commission wants funds to hold more money but industry says costs will be too high. Occupational pension funds are warning against new European Union-wide requirements that... | |
| 4. UK parliament report calls for ETS overhaul | January 27, 2012 |
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British parliamentarians fear businesses could relocate to other countries. The EU's emissions trading scheme (ETS) urgently needs a short-term solution to the low carbon... |
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| 5. Germany and UK lead calls for EU spending cuts | January 27, 2012 |
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Five member states demand that EU spending reflect national austerity measures. Germany and the UK today (27 January) led a demand by five member states for a large cut in... |
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| 6. Human-rights convention deal blocked | January 26, 2012 |
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France and UK hold up EU accession to the European Convention on Human Rights. France and the United Kingdom are blocking a deal on the European Union's accession to the... | |
| 7. Liberal loner | January 26, 2012 |
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The UK's business secretary is not afraid to take on the City. Late on 10 May 2010, Liberal Democrat members of the UK's parliament and party officials met to decide whether... |
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| 8. Wallis's resignation leads to row over replacements | January 26, 2012 |
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Liberal MEP could be replaced by her husband amid concern that move will hurt Parliament's image. The announcement by Diana Wallis, a UK Liberal MEP, that she intends to step... |
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| 9. Divisions over revision of EU water standards | January 19, 2012 |
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UK leads concerns over plans. Disputes are delaying the introduction of new EU water standards. A directive updating the list of chemicals restricted in surface water remains... | |
| 10. Britain's anti-Unionists | January 19, 2012 |
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A row over Scotland's place in the United Kingdom has implications for the EU, too. When, last December, David Cameron played the UK's veto against the EU's fiscal-reform... |
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| 11. European Parliament leadership | January 19, 2012 |
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| 12. The final lap | January 16, 2012 |
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The European destination of the first major tranche of Caspian gas to be decided by April. By April, we should know how the first major delivery of Caspian gas into Europe... |
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| 13. Pressure mounts as treaty deadline closes in | January 12, 2012 |
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Draft criticised for not being tough enough.
Hungary could pay the penalty for failing to cut budget deficit
France to push ahead with plans for a financial... |
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| 14. What an honour | January 5, 2012 |
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A few surprises in new year's honours in Britain and France. The New Year saw an honours list published in London recognising outstanding public service. Among the names of... |
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| 15. The paper clip, 3 January | January 3, 2012 |
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Protests in Hungary, Spanish debt worries and problems for the German president in our round-up of what's in the newspapers. Thousands of people protested in Budapest last... | |
| 16. A frustrating six months in charge | December 21, 2011 |
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Deep divisions emerged during Polish presidency.
Failure at the border
Poland left on the outside as eurozone undergoes a transformation
Clashes with Green... |
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| 17. The British ‘Non' | December 21, 2011 |
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Twice in the past, a British ‘No' has pushed European monetary union forward. At the European Union summit on 8-9 December, British Prime Minister David Cameron vented... |
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| 18. ECB at the centre of the euro storm | December 21, 2011 |
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The European Central Bank is not immune to the growing tensions between member states over the eurozone crisis. The decision by Christine Lagarde, the managing director of... |
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| 19. The public-private road to bankruptcy? | December 21, 2011 |
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A failure to book public-private partnerships on balance-sheets allows governments to drive a hole through plans to cap deficits. On 9 December, the EU's member states –... | |
| 20. Eurozone agrees €150bn of extra loans for IMF | December 21, 2011 |
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National finance ministers from all 27 member states held a conference call on Monday evening (19 December), and the 17 from the eurozone agreed to provide additional... | |
