
Your search for "Van Rompuy" produced 61 items.
| 1. Summit to focus on growth and jobs | January 26, 2012 |
Van Rompuy wants EU leaders to discuss economic growth and job creation Herman Van Rompuy, the president of the European Council, is asking leaders of EU governments to... |
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| 2. Pointing the finger in the wrong direction | January 12, 2012 |
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Van Rompuy should not be blamed for the failings of the last EU summit. I was surprised to read the editorial in your 21 December-4 January edition (“The EU was poorly led... | |
| 3. EU delays Ukraine deal because of rights concerns | December 19, 2011 |
Van Rompuy, Barroso say human rights and democracy need to be strengthened before association agreement can be signed. The European Union's most senior officials today... |
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| 4. Van Rompuy sends EU leaders draft of fiscal union pact | December 16, 2011 |
Inter-governmental treaty on reinforced economic union could come into force when ratified by nine member states.
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| 5. Van Rompuy eyes early EU treaty summit | December 16, 2011 |
UK invited to join fiscal compact working group despite opposition to treaty. Herman Van Rompuy, the European Council president, is planning to hold a summit of the EU's... |
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| 6. MEPs seek a role in drafting 'fiscal compact' | December 13, 2011 |
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Van Rompuy told that the Parliament wants to be "an equal partner" in drafting treaty. MEPs today demanded that Herman Van Rompuy, president of the European Council, ensure... | |
| 7. Long-term spending battles loom | December 8, 2011 |
Member states agree on seven-year spending cycle but agriculture and energy will be sticking-points. Mikolaj Dowgielewicz, Poland's EU affairs minister, mischievously... |
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| 8. Van Rompuy sets out alternatives to improve economic discipline | December 6, 2011 |
European Council president tells EU leaders that there is a choice: a quick way or a slower process, involving treaty change. Herman Van Rompuy, the president of the European... |
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| 9. Debt crisis to dominate talks at the White House | November 26, 2011 |
Van Rompuy and Barroso will meet Obama; integration and situation in north Africa on agenda. The eurozone sovereign-debt crisis and efforts to contain it will top the agenda... |
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| 10. Two years on, the promise is unrealised | November 17, 2011 |
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What have Van Rompuy and Ashton achieved since taking office? This weekend will see the second anniversary of the European Council's decision on 19 November 2009 to appoint... | |
| 11. Italy under pressure to reduce debt | October 23, 2011 |
Merkel, Sarkozy and Van Rompuy tell Berlusconi that he must push through economic reforms. The leaders of France, Germany and the European Council have ratcheted up the... |
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| 12. Call for global response to eurozone debt crisis | October 10, 2011 |
Barroso and Van Rompuy say Europe will be in the spotlight at meeting in Cannes. José Manuel Barroso and Herman Van Rompuy say the “stakes are high” for the G20... |
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| 13. Trade tops agenda for Rousseff's Europe trip | September 29, 2011 |
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Brazil's president to meet Barroso and Van Rompuy. On her first tour of Europe since becoming president of Brazil in January, Dilma Rousseff will next week visit Belgium and... | |
| 14. Van Rompuy calls eurozone debt crisis meeting | July 11, 2011 |
Fears that Italy will be the next country affected by financial problems. Senior EU officials will meet in Brussels today (11 July) to discuss the eurozone's continuing... |
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| 15. Sky-high spending | June 16, 2011 |
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Scheduling difficulties for Barroso and Van Rompuy. Criticisms of the spending habits of the EU's institutions have not yet influenced their leaders, it appears. | |
| 16. Van Rompuy sets out agenda for Libya summit | March 4, 2011 |
Humanitarian aid is immediate priority, assistance for transition to democracy and economic development are longer-term goals. Herman Van Rompuy, the president of the... |
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| 17. Turkey talks to focus on EU membership bid | February 24, 2011 |
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Erdogan to meet Barroso and Van Rompuy. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's prime minister, is to hold talks with the European Union's leadership in Brussels on Tuesday (1 March)... | |
| 18. Difficult times for Van Rompuy | February 10, 2011 |
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European Council president under pressure at summit. Last Friday, Herman Van Rompuy faced one of his toughest days since he became president of the European Council.... | |
| 19. Major opposition to Franco-German eurozone plan | February 10, 2011 |
Competitiveness to combat debt crisis but content of plan criticised by other EU leaders.
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● Call for a stable transition, not for... |
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| 20. Van Rompuy calls for reform in Egypt | January 29, 2011 |
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The president of the European Council urges Mubarak to abide by promises of greater openness and to end violence. | |