Go to the Content Tuesday, 7 February 2012
Your search for "UK Government" produced 648 items.
| 1. 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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| 2. Clegg warns of isolation over treaty veto | December 12, 2011 |
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UK deputy prime minister "bitterly disappointed" by UK decision, pledges to work to defend British interests. Nick Clegg, the UK's deputy prime minister and leader of the... |
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| 3. Overworked but vitally important | December 8, 2011 |
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The European Court of Human Rights urgently needs reform if it is not to fall victim to its own success. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), the premier human-rights... |
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| 4. California disputes Canadian claims on tar-sands emissions | December 8, 2011 |
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US state defends its environmental standards. California's environmental protection agency has written to the European Commission and EU member states rejecting claims from... |
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| 5. Hauliers warn against plan to apply lorry height rules | November 24, 2011 |
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UK leads calls to keep national derogation but Commission concerned about single market. The British freight transport industry has warned that European Commission plans to... |
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| 6. EU should not duck collision on treaty change | October 27, 2011 |
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British vote on Europe is a sideshow, but the issue cannot be avoided for long. The vote in the British parliament this week on whether to call a referendum on membership of... | |
| 7. A tax on London, not the EU | October 13, 2011 |
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A thriving financial-services industry generates benefits for every member state. When Europe's politicians sit down to consider the European Commission's proposals regarding... |
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| 8. EU ministers mull finance tax | September 17, 2011 |
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Strong opposition from non-eurozone countries. Finance ministers from the European Union have raised the possibility of introducing a financial transaction tax solely in the... |
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| 9. The paper clip, 25 August | August 25, 2011 |
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A round-up of the top stories in Europe's newspapers. Supporters of Muammar Qaddafi are fighting “a rearguard campaign” using snipers, mortars and rockets to try to stop... | |
| 10. MEPs criticise Merkel-Sarkozy plan for eurozone | August 18, 2011 |
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Parliamentarians say plan is lacks ambition; financial markets lukewarm on proposed measures. The MEP who chairs the European Parliament's influential economic and monetary... | |
| 11. Climate change as a business problem | August 9, 2011 |
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To create green economies, businesses need real commitments from governments. Some political problems can be solved overnight; others take years to tackle. But, in the... |
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| 13. Right question, wrong answer | July 28, 2011 |
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The EU should not be looking to the past for ways to encourage citizens to engage with elections to the European Parliament. The problem of public participation in... |
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| 14. The comeback kid | May 26, 2011 |
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Peter Mandelson for the WTO? Peter Mandelson, a former European commissioner for trade, may be about to return to the international arena. |
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| 15. Driven northerner | May 5, 2011 |
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British MEP stays true to his roots. When Brian Simpson says of himself “You can take the lad out of Wigan, but you can't take Wigan out of the lad”, it is a proud... |
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| 16. Austria and Germany open labour markets to ‘new' member states | April 28, 2011 |
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Bulgarians and Romanians face continued restrictions. On Sunday (1 May), Austria and Germany will fully open their labour markets to citizens of eight countries in central... |
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| 17. All sides braced for spending row | April 28, 2011 |
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Commission seeks 4.9% increase in 2012 budget but UK and Netherlands lead calls to reduce spending. Janusz Lewandowski, the European commissioner for financial programming... |
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| 18. Constrictions and contradictions | April 20, 2011 |
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Regional policy could be the biggest victim when the EU begins the fight over where to cut back spending. The distribution of financial assistance to regions of the European... |
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| 19. EU carbon tax back on Commission's agenda | April 7, 2011 |
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Šemeta to outline plans for carbon and fuel taxes, while businesses are concerned about impact on trade. The European Commission will renew its bid for EU-wide carbon taxes... |
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| 20. British speech impediments | March 10, 2011 |
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Students need to be told the advantages of learning other languages. The editorial “Attaching too much weight to language” (24 February-2 March) rightly criticises the... | |
