Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
Your search for "Philippe Busquin" produced 134 items.
| 1. Invisible commissioner | February 3, 2011 |
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Can you name all the European commissioners from Belgium? Which of Belgium's European commissioners has, over the years, proved the most forgettable? That wasn't quite the... | |
| 2. Louis Michel resigns as commissioner | July 7, 2009 |
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Belgium's European commissioner to become an MEP. Louis Michel has tendered his resignation as European commissioner for development and humanitarian aid, to become a member... | |
| 3. Movers and shakers | April 24, 2008 |
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| 4. Michel still in the spotlight | June 14, 2007 |
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No one could accuse Louis Michel of keeping a low profile in the aftermath of the Belgian election campaign. Michel had taken a month's leave from his job as a European... | |
| 5. Industry pleads for budgets and visions | May 10, 2007 |
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In the years when Philippe Busquin was the European commissioner for research, Europe's space industry was dreaming of a brighter future through the implementation of the... | |
| 6. Can Europe turn great research into great innovation, too? | October 19, 2006 |
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Two MEPs debate how Europe could benefit from the EU's research programme Research in Europe has made an important leap forward over the past five years. The European... | |
| 7. Movers and Shakers | September 21, 2006 |
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The European Commission has appointed Daniel Jacob as deputy director-general of research. Jacob, a 56-year-old Belgian, was, from 1999-2003, head of the private office of... | |
| 8. Fear of the small and unknown? | May 24, 2006 |
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MEPS will next week vote on the emerging science of nanotechnology. Nanotechnology, or the art of building with single atoms and molecules, is hailed by its disciples as... | |
| 9. Lobbying for and against defence | November 17, 2005 |
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The biggest lobby group for the defence industry in Brussels represents more than 800 firms with a combined yearly revenue of €100 billion. The Aerospace and Defence... | |
| 10. One year on: the good, the bad and the unfinished | November 17, 2005 |
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After a difficult start, which saw President José Manuel Barroso withdraw his initial line-up of commissioners to avoid its rejection by the European Parliament, the... | |
| 11. Small town attracts big names | September 8, 2005 |
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The Mayor of Jodoigne, a small town 25km from Brussels, has put together a very impressive programme for "EU week in Jodoigne". The opening speech will be given by European... | |
| 12. MEPs plot Eurobond issue to switch EU away from oil | July 28, 2005 |
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MEMBERS of the European Parliament are to argue for Eurobonds to be offered to the public to help fund a rapid switch of European energy production from oil and fossil fuels... | |
| 13. An R&D framework for growth or for sloth? | March 31, 2005 |
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The EU's Framework Programme for Research (FP) is a bit like the organisation that runs it, the European Commission: forever growing and determined to produce results, but... | |
| 14. Nascent Space industry eagerly awaits more funding | February 10, 2005 |
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Will Space be given the necessary funding to be a high-profile policy in the European Union? The industry is watching closely as Commissioner Günter Verheugen steps... | |
| 15. Michel goes over Ferrero-Waldner's head after EuropeAid turf war | November 10, 2004 |
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The new Commission is not yet in place but already the manoeuvrings between Louis Michel and Benita Ferrero-Waldner are a joy to behold for those who like a good turf war.... | |
| 16. Barroso must act to deflect row with Parliament | October 14, 2004 |
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MEMBERS of the European Parliament have raised the stakes in the approval of the new European Commission by refusing to back one member of the Barroso team. They rejected... | |
| 17. Michel developing his research | September 23, 2004 |
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Cometh the hour, cometh the man. Louis Michel, sometime Belgian foreign minister, is just the chap to turn to when a gap needs plugging. Michel has been designated as the... | |
| 18. GM labelling plan goes to seed following Commission divisions | September 9, 2004 |
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A MOVE to label genetically modified seeds was shelved by the European Commission yesterday (8 September). The postponement followed sharp divisions between two sets of... | |
| 19. Commission split over proposals for GM seeds labelling | September 2, 2004 |
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DEEP divisions have emerged within the European Commission over new plans for labelling genetically modified (GM) seeds. Commissioners Margot Wallström (environment)... | |
| 20. Rules on the way to stop Prodi-style electioneering | September 2, 2004 |
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JOSE Manuel Barroso, the president designate of the European Commission, will decide if electioneering by members of his team clashes with their work for the EU executive... | |
