Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
Your search for "Wilfried Martens" produced 94 items.
| 1. Centre-right leaders back competitiveness pact | March 5, 2011 |
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Eight national leaders say they are open to changing terms of Ireland's bail-out. Leaders of eight centre-right-led governments in the EU have backed calls for a... | |
| 2. Cautious Klaus | January 20, 2011 |
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Secretary-general of the European Parliament doesn't face the cameras. Klaus Welle, the secretary-general of the European Parliament and sometime right-hand man of Hans-Gert... | |
| 3. EU confronts Hungary over media freedom | January 6, 2011 |
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José Manuel Barroso, the president of the European Commission, said yesterday (5 January) that he would be using the traditional launch meeting between the college... |
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| 4. Hungary must dispel doubts about media law | January 6, 2011 |
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The text of the new law leaves too much room for interpretation. Critics of Hungary's media law have been accused of misinterpreting its provisions. Wilfried Martens, the... | |
| 5. EPP president criticises Dutch coalition | October 4, 2010 |
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Wilfried Martens unhappy at deal that relies on support of anti-Islamic Freedom Party.
The head of the centre-right European People's Party (EPP) has criticised the Dutch... |
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| 6. MEPs consider allowing EU trade with northern Cyprus | May 20, 2010 |
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The political leadership of the European Parliament will discuss on 10 June a controversial proposal that would enable the Turkish-occupied part of Cyprus to trade directly... | |
| 7. Belgian government on brink of collapse | April 22, 2010 |
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The Belgian government is on the verge of collapse after the Flemish liberals quit the five-party ruling coalition. | |
| 8. Corbett's obsession | January 7, 2010 |
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Former MEP gets a new job. Sometime MEP Richard Corbett (pictured) has not cut a happy figure since he lost his seat as a in the European Parliament elections in June. He... |
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| 9. Movers & Shakers | December 17, 2009 |
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Wilfried Martens, the former Belgian prime minister, was re-elected on 9 December as president of the European People's Party (EPP). His new term runs until 2012. Antonio... | |
| 10. Balanced choices from an imbalanced European Union | November 26, 2009 |
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At a special summit in Brussels, government leaders put together the new leadership of the European Union. Simon Taylor and Tim King assess the outcome of the horse-trading... |
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| 11. Belgian distractions | September 17, 2009 |
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A book offers a glimpse of what may be expected when Belgium takes over the presidency of the EU.
The launch last Thursday (10 September) of a book by long-time Belgian... |
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| 12. Berlusconi in bid to torpedo Parliament presidency deal | March 26, 2009 |
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Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's prime minister, has blown apart a deal between the two biggest parties in the European Parliament over sharing the presidency of the assembly for... |
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| 13. Barroso remains right's favoured Commission president | January 30, 2009 |
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Martens hints that UK Conservative Party could stay in the European Parliament's centre-right group. José Manuel Barroso, the European Commission's president, remains... | |
| 14. Van Rompuy sworn in as Belgium's new Prime Minister | December 30, 2008 |
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New government largely mirrors previous ministerial team; former speaker and budget minister is Belgium's third PM this year. Herman Van Rompuy has been appointed Prime... | |
| 15. Welle continues to climb | December 11, 2008 |
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The art of climbing with all deliberate haste. The European Parliament's political leadership – the bureau – announced on Friday (5 December) that Klaus Welle, currently... | |
| 16. October flagged as time for talk on EU treaty | June 19, 2008 |
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European Commission president downplays likelihood of summit resulting in major decisions on the direction of the EU.
The president of the European Commission,... | |
| 17. A decalogue for a new (EPP-ED) era | March 19, 2008 |
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In the echoing faded glories of the Concert Noble hall in Brussels, Joseph Daul, leader of the centre-right EPP-ED group in the European Parliament, presided at the launch of... | |
| 18. Main parties in Ireland hope to keep ‘other issues' out of referendum debate | January 31, 2008 |
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Ireland's main government party and the largest opposition party are hoping that questions concerning the prime minister's personal finances will not influence the electorate... | |
| 19. Political paralysis dogs Romania | May 16, 2007 |
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Romanians are to vote on Saturday (19 May) on whether to turn President Traian Basescu out of office, before his five-year mandate expires in 2009. The country's parliament... | |
| 20. Prince of darkness | May 3, 2007 |
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For some in the European Parliament, Klaus Welle is the “prince of darkness”, for others he is “the most talented political strategist I have ever come across”.... | |
