Wikio - Jean-Claude Juncker

Trichet: ‘Risks to Price Stability … Clearly on the Upside’ (Real Time Economics)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:13:30 GMT

... outcome of our meeting, which was also attended by the President of the Eurogroup, Prime Minister Juncker, and Commissioner Almunia. On the basis of our regular economic and monetary analyses, we decided at today's meeting to increase the key ECB interest rates by 25 basis points. This decision was taken to prevent broadly based second-round effects and to counteract the increasing upside...

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Juncker rules out European Commission, ECB jobs (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:22:00 GMT

Luxembourg - One of the most influential politicians in the European Union, Luxembourg premier Jean-Claude Juncker, on Friday ruled out running for the leadership of the EU's executive or the European Central Bank (ECB). In an interview with the Frid...

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Questions for the far-wrong side of Lisbon (Indymedia ireland)

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:25:32 GMT

... therefore unknowingly adopt the dispositions that it would not accept if presented directly.” Juncker said: Fears connected with the treaty “most often stem from the fact that we use a language incomprehensible for ordinary people.” Belgian Foreign Minister Karel de Gucht said: “The aim of the Constitutional Treaty was to be more readable; the aim of this [Lisbon] treaty is to be unreadable…...

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Wise words… (Kosmopolit)

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:41:01 GMT

Jean-Claude Juncker, PM of Luxembourg made a few interesting comments at a conference that took place in Brussels just one day before the European Council: “Politicians give the impression that Europe is being built against their will. Governments always try to explain in their countries that they have won against Europe” And asked about a possible Plan [...]

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Political Football (A Fistful of Euros)

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:00:44 GMT

As some parts of Europe prepare for Jean-Claude Juncker’s “Club of the Few” while others fall by the wayside, it’s time to look back at how we got here. Nothing unites Europeans like football, and this year’s Euro 2008 tournament is turning out to be one of the best in a long time, maybe ever. [...]

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New Benelux treaty ratified (Radio Netherlands English)

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:55:57 GMT

... Jan Peter Balkenende and his Belgian and Luxembourg counterparts Yves Leterme and Jean-Claude Juncker said: "Building on what we have already achieved, we want to renew our cooperation in a renewed Benelux and make it stronger". The new treaty focuses on cooperation in areas such as justice and police rather than economic cooperation, which formed the basis of its predecessor. Irish voters...

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The Day Ahead Europe and UK: EU Construction Output; BOE Minutes (SignalBlog)

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 23:46:57 GMT

... who will deliver a speech in Stockholm, Sweden; Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker who will speak in Brussels; and European Commission President José Manuel Barroso, who is expected to participate in the European People’s Party Summit. 3:15 EU EU Court Rules In Hoechst Antitrust Case in Sorbates Market 3:30 EU EU Court Hears Arguments In Hoechst Antitrust Appeal 3:35 EU ECB’s...

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Pay attention (Indian Express)

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:57:24 GMT

... to euro 26 billion ($33 billion)—opinion has turned squarely against big pay packages. Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission’s “Eurogroup” of finance ministers, recently called excessive pay a “social scourge” and demanded action. When L’Expansion, a French business magazine, calculated that pay for the country’s bosses went up 58% in 2007, the finance minister, Christine...

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EU's Verheugen: No negotiations with Ireland (Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE)

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:00:00 GMT

... single country could not remain outside of it. Meanwhile, Luxembourg's Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker warned against putting the Irish government under pressure. He said that the reform treaty, which is meant to bolster the EU's political weight, would probably not come into effect this year as planned.

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Germany Criticized for "Arrogant" Reaction to Irish Vote (Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE)

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:33:00 GMT

Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker said he was alarmed at the reaction of large EU countries, particularly Germany, to Ireland's rejection of the Lisbon Treaty.

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EU ministers: Treaty 'not dead', 'emergency plan' needed (Euractive)

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT

... with Ireland, this approach is favoured most notably by Luxembourg's Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker and is likely to gain the support of Germany and France. But it is also certain to be opposed by small and new member states, which are against a 'core' or 'two-speed Europe'. Spain's Prime Minister José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero dismissed talks on this issue as "premature" at this point....

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Dublin to be offered extra guarantees (Financial Time)

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 02:00:00 GMT

... Ireland, not shaming Ireland, but putting together the elements of a common solution," Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxembourg's prime minister, who is the EU's longest-serving national leader, told the Financial Times.According to one senior EU government official, the solution will involve an offer of "explanatory protocols" that would state explicitly that Lisbon does not affect Ireland's power...

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Dublin offered protocols to save accord (FT.com - Europe homepage)

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:17:00 GMT

... Ireland, not shaming Ireland, but putting together the elements of a common solution,” Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxembourg’s prime minister, who is the EU’s longest-serving national leader, told the Financial Times.According to one senior EU government official, the solution will involve an offer of “explanatory protocols” that would state explicitly that Lisbon does not affect Ireland’s power...

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Dublin offered protocols to save accord (Financial Time)

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:17:00 GMT

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Ireland under pressure as EU foreign ministers pick up the pieces of Lisbon Treaty (Times Online)

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:04:45 GMT

... Secretary, appealed for a calm and "respectful" response to the Irish vote, aware that Jean-Claude Juncker of Luxembourg appeared to be ready to bully Ireland by issuing an ultimatum: pass the treaty or else. "Today is a first chance for us to listen to the Irish foreign minister, to hear his preliminary assessment," Mr Miliband said as he arrived in Luxembourg. "That will then continue...

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Lots of talk in Europe but little action on huge payoffs for failed executives (International Herald Tribune)

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:51:00 GMT

While a handful of countries like the Netherlands and France are planning legislation to curb excesses, much of the ministerial rhetoric appears aimed at assuaging the anger of European voters.

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Split emerges in EU after Irish rejection of Lisbon Treaty (International Herald Tribune)

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 18:33:17 GMT

... integration and an outer tier, which would probably include the British.Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker of Luxembourg warned over the weekend that a group of like-minded states could form their own "Club of the Few" to advance joint policies.A no vote in a second Irish referendum could prompt calls for a new union of more committed European Union states.Schäuble's comments before a meeting...

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France urges pursuing EU treaty (LA Times)

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT

... during the French presidency of the EU later this year.But Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, a veteran EU deal-maker, was downbeat, forecasting the emergence of a two-speed Europe in which a small grouping of EU states would develop policy initiatives by themselves."Given that it is increasingly hard to get all states moving together, probably the only thing left is a 'Club...

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Irish vote deals a blow to streamlining EU (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 07:01:00 GMT

... the Lisbon Treaty will not take effect on Jan. 1, 2009," Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, the EU's longest-serving leader, said after Irish voters in a referendum on the treaty rejected it by a margin of 53 percent to 46 percent. "It's a bad choice for Europe, and for Ireland," he said. Alliance leaders were scheduled to meet next week, and most vowed to proceed with winning...

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Irish vote deals a blow to streamlining EU (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 07:01:00 GMT

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