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A gated community?

Of cover-ups and conspiracy theories... 

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All aboard the CAP bus?

MEPs are feuding over whether to attend next week's last-chance agriculture talks in Luxembourg. 

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Itchy feet in the private offices of the European commissioners are getting itchier.

Past his cell-by date

Perhaps it is just as well that the European Council introduced a permanent full-time president (current holder: Herman Van Rompuy), given what has been happening to the bunch of temps who used to preside over the EU's affairs.

Industrial inaction

The strike called by EU staff unions last Wednesday was not exactly a howling success.

Not the place to be

Maybe the party really is over for the European Union.

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Deal struck on long-term budget

NEWSCompromise agreement will now be presented to member states and MEPs.

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Ashton in power struggle over Middle East policy

NEWSForeign policy chief clashes with member states over EU's position on the peace process.

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Parliament to vote again on backloading

NEWSA revised version of the European Commission's proposal to ‘backload' carbon allowances in the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) will be sent back to the full Parliament.

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MEPs demand tougher F-gas restriction

NEWSMEPs have voted to ban air conditioners containing climate-harming gases by 2020

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Starting gun fired on EU-US trade talks

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NEWSFrance and Germany yet to show support as Turkey reacts sharply to EU criticism.

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Albanian elections will test EU ambitions

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Tough talks ahead on regulation of markets

NEWSMember states agree a position on Mifid, but talks with MEPs lie ahead.

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COMMENTAny public criticism of Azerbaijan's human rights record could spark an anti-EU campaign in the country.

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COMMENTIreland's minister for jobs, who failed to land the country's top job.

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    Boosting popular interest in the EU could lead to a withdrawal of consent

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