Twitter / EUXTV:
EUXTV: #eu2009se unfortunate that you dismissed questions fm journalists not working for 'established media at Rompuy presser Thursday. (Read More)
euronews:
Iceland has always been fiercely independent but after the collapse of their banks, and in the face of a global recession, Iceland applied for EU…. (Read More)
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from blog:
Die EU-Kommission hat die geplante Avaya-Übernahme der Enterprise-Solutions-Sparte von Nortel Network Corporation genehmigt. (Read More)
Submitted by GlobalPost
from blog:
The impolitic comments of EU parliamentarian Michal Kaminski have become a factor in Britain's election.read more. (Read More)
www.thenewfederalist.eu:
Many words have been written about the appointment procedure of the two new positions set up by the Lisbon treaty and on the possible candidates. What we have experienced at 19 November is once again a process carried out b (Read More)
The Sydney Morning Herald World Headlines:
Incoming EU president Herman Van Rompuy kept a low profile as the 27-nation bloc's leaders faced flak for picking him and a little-known British peer to lead a revamped Europe on the world stage. (Read More)
Bloggingportal.eu - Today's posts:
It was the decision of the decade, because it took a decade until this first decision of "The new EU" could be taken - and the euroblogosphere has covered the nomination of Herman van Rompuy for European Council President and (Read More)
Financial Times:
Michel Barnier, former French foreign minister, is set to be put in charge of the EU’s single market, in a contentious move that followed a night of political horse-trading over top jobs in Brussels. (Read More)
The Age World Headlines:
The European Medicines Agency announced that five million people in the European Union have been vaccinated against swine flu. (Read More)
UK News from Times Online:
Gordon Brown rejected advice from Lord Mandelson to seek one of the big economic posts in the European Commission for Britain once it was clear that Tony Blair could not succeed in becoming Europe’s first president, The Times (Read More)
FT.com - Brussels:
The appointments of the EU's first full-time president and foreign minister suggest it is not adapting fast enough to profound changes that are eroding its influence, writes Tony Barber. (Read More)
The Economists' Forum:
From the FT:Tackling systemic risk is no job for the status quo - William Donaldson and Arthur LevittFrom elsewhere:China, the Renminbi, and global imbalances: A quantative View - EconbrowserThe Big Squander - Paul Krugman, N (Read More)
Bloggingportal.eu - Today's posts:
Brussels, 19 November 2009 Author: Pietro De Matteis Many words have been written about the appointment procedure of the two new positions set up by the Lisbon treaty and on the possible candidates. What we have experienced (Read More)
FT.com - Brussels, Trade:
European Union trade officials have rejected a plan to extend the 'anti-dumping' duties levied on shoe imports from China and Vietnam. The episode points up the opaque and arbitrary nature of EU trade laws. (Read More)
Bloggingportal.eu - Today's posts:
The positions of President of the European Council and EU High Representative have been announced, joining the Commission President in the EU's troika of top-jobs. (Read More)
Bloggingportal.eu - Today's posts:
Is this it? Are these the two people to whom the top EU jobs are to go to? This is the rumour flying around the summit. The foreign policy job goes to the UK trade commissioner Catherine Ashton – a person with no foreign poli (Read More)
Bloggingportal.eu - Today's posts:
So, it’s looking like it’s lightweight, little-known Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy for the President of the European Council, and lightweight, little-known Baroness Ashton (current UK European Commissioner, Peter M (Read More)