Reuters: Environment:
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - The Canadian province of Quebec said on Monday it aims to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent below 1990 levels by 2020, the same target as that set by the European Union. (Read More)
euronews:
What's new in the European Union's Lisbon reform Treaty includes a citizens' right to initiate specific legislation. How is that supposed to work?. (Read More)
EurActiv.com:
The European Union should resist the temptation to cut support for its common agricultural policy and instead give farmers the right tools to increase food production in Europe, EU Farm Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel told (Read More)
EurActiv.com:
Specialised knowledge of the European Union will no longer be the main focus of tests to recruit EU officials under new guidelines to come into force next year, EurActiv has learned, as the bloc's institutions seek to attract (Read More)
www.ft.com:
The identity and stature of the new president and foreign policy chief will hardly matter if the European Union cannot meet the big economic challenges it faces, writes Peter Mandelson. (Read More)
Financial Times:
Chief executives of private equity-backed companies should speak out to defend the industry against 'misguided' European Union regulation, according to the new head of the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Associati (Read More)
Reuters: Mergers News:
BRUSSELS, Nov 23 (Reuters) - General Motors isexpected to present a restructuring plan for its Opel andVauxhall units to European Union ministers by the end of theweek, the head of the Belgian region of Flanders said on Mond (Read More)
Bloggingportal.eu - Today's posts:
Jean Quatremer has done the unthinkable – he has lifted the sacred veil of secret deliberations for the nomination of the first President of the European Council. If his information is credible, then it appears that the Presi (Read More)
FT.com - Comment and analysis:
Belgian leadership consists of bringing consensus too a fractious coalition, exactly what the president of the European Union has to do, writes Wolfgang Münchau. (Read More)
FT.com - Brussels:
At the heart of the Obama administration there was more than passing interest to hear who would get the big new jobs in the European Union. (Read More)
UNASUR - Google News:
A Week Before “Elections” in Honduras, Candidate Resignations, More Censorship ...The Narco News BulletinDespite all the international organizations that will not recognize the elections including the European Union, the Rio (Read More)
Bloggingportal.eu - Today's posts:
Nothing better than clear statements anyone can understand:"The EUMC recognizes the co-ordinated effort of the Wise Pen, EDA, EUMS, CEUMC, DGE VIII, DGE IX, CPCC, DGA5 and Joint SITCEN in producing this mature draft NEC Conce (Read More)
FT.com - Brussels:
European Union leaders awarded two of its highest-level jobs to newcomers on the international stage, marking the culmination of a decade-long modernisation effort. (Read More)
Reuters:
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A former French foreign minister is expected to take charge of financial services in the European Union, diplomats said, a move that would unsettle bankers worried he may take a hard line with the industr (Read More)
Reuters: International News:
ANKARA (Reuters) - Herman Van Rompuy's appointment as the first European Union president provoked fears in Turkey that he might hinder Ankara's hopes of joining the bloc, with some media declaring outright that he is anti-Tur (Read More)
Bloggingportal.eu - Today's posts:
The 19th of November 2009 EU Leaders nominated Belgian President Herman Van Rompuy President of the EU and Baroness Catherine Ashton of Upholland, High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Uni (Read More)
Bloggingportal.eu - Today's posts:
The New York Times writes about the two new (or upgraded) posts that were filled in for the European Union yesterday: Leaders of the 27 countries of the European Union on Thursday night chose Herman Van Rompuy, the Belgian pr (Read More)
Reuters: International News:
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgians on Friday mixed pride with trepidation over Herman Van Rompuy's appointment as the first president of the European Union because of the risk of instability after his exit as prime minister.
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Reuters: Deals:
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union regulators on Friday extended the deadline for their review of plans by U.S. software company Oracle to buy computer maker Sun Microsystems for $7 billion.
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Bloggingportal.eu - Today's posts:
Herman van Rompuy has been appointed as the first President of the European Council – a new post created with the Treaty of Lisbon. In his first public appearance, he has outlined some of his priorities on the post: Continui (Read More)