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EU troops under Russian command? (Global Dashboard)

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:42:48 GMT

The idea that EU personnel should help keep the peace in Georgia - noted here yesterday but in the air since last week - is gaining traction. Today, the European Council said that the EU would boost OSCE observers there, but that just means more Euros under the OSCE’s flag. But the Council left open the [...]

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European leaders to hold emergency talks on Georgia (Belfast Telegraph)

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:58:00 GMT

The European Council of Ministers is to hold an emergency meeting in Brussels tomorrow to discuss the ongoing crisis in Georgia.

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2020 skills forecast for the European Union (Education Futures)

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:37:10 GMT

Cedefop, the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, supplied a comprehensive assessment of Europe’s skills requirements up to 2020 to the European Council. In the study, they identified six employment trends leading to the year 2020 horizon: Services sector still expanding: Europe continues to shift away from manufacturing and agricultural industries Around...

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Time for a New Look at Common European Defense (PoliGazette)

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:00:38 GMT

‘Since its formation 10 years ago, the idea of a common European defense has hardly made any progress. However, some important lessons can be learned from the decade of wasted opportunities,’ writes Nick Witney of the European Council on Foreign Relations. ©2008 PoliGazette. All Rights Reserved..

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Big Brother versus YouTube (Zaadz: Albert 's Blog)

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 05:24:17 GMT

Mark Leonard, Executive Director of European Council on Foreign Relations, considers in an article, originally written for the Spectator, the Wetern ambivalence and imsecurity about the Chinese behavior around Olympics 2008. Big Brother versus YouTube 17.07.08 - Mark Leonard This article was published in the Spectator on 16 July, 2008. ‘For years we couldn't wait for the Olympics to start....

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Opinion: Time for a New Look at Common European Defense (worldwide-news.net)

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:33:18 GMT

Since its formation 10 years ago, the idea of a common European defense has hardly made any progress. However, some important lessons can be learned from the decade of wasted opportunities, writes of the European Council on Foreign Relations. Go to news source

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Eurostars SME program: EUREKA's 'calculated risk' pays off with 100 million euro boost from FP7 (Eurekalert)

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT

( EUREKA ) The European Council of Ministers today agreed to provide 100 million euros from the EU Seventh Framework Program to top up the at least 300 million already provided from national budgets by the 31 countries participating in the joint EUREKA-EU Eurostars Program for R&D-performing small and medium enterprises.

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AUDIO: Time to get serious about EU defence (The Economist)

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:59:28 GMT

Is a radical re-think needed? EUROPE'S defence policy needs a radical re-think, says Nick Witney, senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations. In a hard-hitting report on the EU's defence strategy, Mr Witney claims there has been a decade of wasted money and missed targets, and lays out some bold proposals for moving forward. We caught up with him in Paris recently...

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Ford Planning Three-Cylinder Engine Strategy (Winding Road)

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:09:50 GMT

The head of Ford's European council Dieter Hinkelmann warns that unless the factory at Cologne, Germany starts building a new fuel-efficient three-cylinder engine some of the workers at the factory may end up losing their jobs. Currently, the Cologne plant produces around 200,000 V-6 engines per year for Ford's North American SUVs along with a few V-8 and V-12 engines for Aston Martin....

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Ganley tells Sarkozy that the Lisbon Treaty is dead (Irish Blogs)

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:18:11 GMT

Chairman of Libertas, Declan Ganley, at a private group meeting with President of France and European Council Nicholas Sarkozy said that the Treaty of Lisbon is dead."During the meeting, President Sarkozy himself twice admitted that his own people would vote no to the Lisbon Treaty, as they have already rejected a very similar text in the guise of the failed EU Constitution. For President...

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BSA cheerfully with guideline software patent (Microweb News)

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:16:02 GMT

Monday the European Council voted in with the software patent guideline officially the guideline 'regarding the patent chastity of in computers gemplementeerde inventions'. This till large displeasure of the talloze adversaries of software patents. They spoke of a black day for the European democracy and [...]

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EU appoints new representative for Afghanistan (Thaindian News)

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:20:11 GMT

Xinhua Brussels, July 25 (Xinhua) The European Council has appointed Italy’s ambassador to Kabul Ettore Francesco Sequi as the new European Union (EU) special representative (EUSR) for Afghanistan. Sequi is to succeed Francesc Vendrell, who acted as the EUSR since June 2002. The EU has had a special representative for Afghanistan since December 2001. Sequi’s mandate, which [...]...

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Meanwhile Mr. (Vincent) Browne goes to Brussels. Did he learn anything new? Not entirely. (The Cedar Lounge Revolution)

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:51:21 GMT

Odd little piece by VB in the Irish Times yesterday. Under the heading: Second poll still on agenda, despite Sarkozy’s sweet talk and the subhead European Council could sway some Irish voters by promising one commissioner for each state if treaty is passed …we learn that our intrepid correspondent has been baiting the beast in its home. I visited [...]

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Ganley tells Sarkozy that the Lisbon Treaty is dead (Credo,Catholic Journal (Ireland))

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:38:00 GMT

Some information passed on from Libertas. Chairman of Libertas, Declan Ganley, at a private group meeting with President of France and European Council Nicholas Sarkozy said that the Treaty of Lisbon is dead. "During the meeting, President Sarkozy himself twice admitted that his own people would vote no to the Lisbon Treaty, as they have already rejected a very similar text in the guise...

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Standing up to the Russian Bully (La Russophobe)

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:56:00 GMT

Writing in Newsweek magazine, Andrew Wilson and Mark Leonard of the the European Council on Foreign Relations argue that "Europe needs to figure out a way to come together to fight back against Russian aggression." Hopefully, this is a sign of a new tsunami of coverage from the MSM, one which should have arisen years ago. But better late than never! Wonderful, heartening stuff. In the...

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Sarkozy's imminent Irish PR disaster (ORDOVICIUS)

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:10:00 GMT

Sarkozy, Sarkozy, Sarkozy. This whole presidency of the European Council thing seems to really have gone to his head. Barely a day goes by without Sarkozy appearing in news relationg to the EU. Now he's off to Ireland, no doubt to explain to our neighbours why No in fact means Yes. Bruno Waterfield notes: Last week, Mr Sarkozy particularly irritated Brian Cowen and his Irish government...

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Pressure on Ireland mounts (Blog Posts about Irish TDs -)

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:00:00 GMT

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Pressure on Ireland mounts (Slugger O'Toole)

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:15:04 GMT

By next Monday night, after the visit to Dublin of Nicholas Sarkozy as President of the European Council, Brian Cowen will have been forced to declare some of his hand for persuading the Irish people to hold a second vote on the EU treaty. I say “some of his hand” because Sarkozy is unlikely to arrive in Dublin for his five hour consultation armed with a full package of sweeteners. The...

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Morning press briefing from 11 July 2008 (10 Downing Street News)

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:00:00 GMT

Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: European Council Summit, David Davis, embryology, Nigeria, Russia, Draft Legislative Programme and data review

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European Council Summit (Downing Street Says)

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:00:58 GMT

... he was not exactly sure which member states were attending, but it had the status of an informal European Council, at which the Mediterranean states who were not members of the EU had been invited. original source .

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