Go to the Content Saturday, 13 March 2010
Your search for "Wilfried Martens" produced 87 items.
| 1. 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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| 2. 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... | |
| 3. 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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| 4. 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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| 5. 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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| 6. 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... | |
| 7. 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... | |
| 8. 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... | |
| 9. 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,... | |
| 10. 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... | |
| 11. 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... | |
| 12. 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... | |
| 13. 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”.... | |
| 14. From Benelux to Bavaria | April 19, 2007 |
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For the last 21 years, the presidency of the European People's Party, the federation of centre-right parties, has been in the grip of Benelux politicians. Former Belgian... | |
| 15. EPP-ED group changes voting rules to avoid split | December 7, 2006 |
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The centre-right EPP-ED group in the European Parliament has been forced to change its rules of procedure to avoid damaging splits over who should lead the group until 2009.... | |
| 16. Different Voices | October 26, 2006 |
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“The spring day initiative will see seven-to 17-year-olds debating the future of Europe.” Margot Wallström, European communication commissioner, at the launch of a... | |
| 17. Cameron misses EPP meeting again | October 26, 2006 |
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David Cameron, leader of the Conservative Party and aspirant to become UK prime minister, continues to play hard-to-get with his counterparts who head centre-right parties... | |
| 18. Parliament written out of Martens plot | April 13, 2006 |
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Cancel all home leave for European People's Party (EPP) loyalists! The EPP President Wilfried Martens is the subject of a play entitled | |
| 19. German delegation dominates in Rome | April 6, 2006 |
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The German delegation made its dominance over the European People's Party (EPP) felt, securing two leadership posts at the party's congress in Rome last week (30-31 March).... | |
| 20. Giscard acts like big head of state | March 16, 2006 |
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The former French president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, who famously compared himself to Benjamin Franklin, a founding father of the American nation, likes being in good... | |
