Go to the Content Thursday, 20 November 2008
European Commission urges EU to seize the energy and commercial opportunities created by a melting Arctic.
EU agrees to reduce direct payments to farmers and limit state intervention until deeper reforms are agreed.
Dutch join the EU's northernmost states at the top of quality-of-life rankings that correlate closely with health, work and wealth.
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Regulators warn against common EU standards.
Soft loans to help carmakers go green; short-term tax cuts to boost consumer demands.
Response to the financial crisis leaves some Commission departments under-staffed.
Carbon revenues could be used on green projects; MEPs want a binding resolution.
Next EU presidency wants “strong backing” for Nabucco pipeline.
Decision would leave fewer people in custody; bar association raises concerns about basic rights.
Politics
Hungary and Romania join Italy and Greece on the list of countries that are particularly slow to adopt EU legislation.
European Parliament calls for fresh legislation and, possibly, sanctions to bring pay for men and women into line.
Social Democrats name their candidates for the European Parliament elections.
Médécin Sans Frontières says the European Commission needs to multiply its "deeply inadequate" spending as tuberculosis returns to Europe.
European commissioner laments budget's inflexibility, which leaves the EU “running after events”.
European Parliament orders British MEP Den Dover to repay €609,000 that he received for staff and office costs and paid to a firm employing his wife and daughter.
Despite continued emergency rule, the EU will send observers to monitor elections that it hopes will return Bangladesh to full democratic, civilian rule.
Investors in dismantled energy giant believe case highlights Russia's failure to honour treaty governing EU's energy relations with Russia.
Agreement particularly aims to reduce the number of products whose makers are unknown.
Gathering fails to produce major breakthroughs, but the EU finds support on a number of key issues.
Concerns about the Georgia crisis and missile systems dispute could be aired in a large, OSCE-chaired summit in mid-2009.
Leading voice in the European Parliament expresses anxiety about UN plan for the EU's mission in Serb areas of Kosovo.
José Manuel Barroso and Andris Piebalgs have presented proposals to help the EU meet its ambitious ‘triple-twenty' energy targets.
Fisheries ministers make quotas more sustainable, order use of larger nets and expand area covered by new measures.
European Commission report says migrant workforce from EU's newest members has "made a significant contribution to sustained economic growth".
European Commission plans fundamental overhaul of its control system, including a points system that could strip fishermen of their licences.
EU competition authorities approve Italy's guarantee and debt-swap schemes, but has yet to decide on a proposed recapitalisation of the country's banks.
Thursday, 20 November 2008
20 November: Sweden's parliament to vote on ratification of Lisbon treaty.
20-21 November: Foreign ministers of the EU and African Union presidencies meet in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. On the agenda: initial assessment of Joint Africa-EU Strategy, funding for African peace operations.
20-21 November: Education, youth and culture council, Brussels. On the agenda: European heritage label, cultural diversity, intercultural dialogue, multilingualism, launch of European digital library ‘Europeana', health and well-being of young people, education.
21 November: Economics and finance ministers meet in Brussels. On the agenda: 2009 budget.
21 November: Commission President José Manuel Barroso briefs presidents of political groups in European Parliament on financial crisis response.
22-27 November: Joint parliamentary assembly of the EU and the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific bloc meet in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. On the agenda: EU-ACP partnership.
24-26 November: Informal meeting of EU ministers for housing, urban and regional planning and cohesion policy, Marseille. On the agenda: possible regional synergies in housing and urban development.
25 November: EU and African migration and development ministers meet in Paris. On the agenda: multiannual programme of co-operation on legal migration, combating illegal migration, and synergies between migration and development policy.
25-26 November: Informal meeting of education ministers, Bordeaux. On the agenda: vocational education and training.
26 November: Weekly Commission meeting, Brussels. On the agenda: pharmaceuticals package, Lisbon strategy, nuclear safety, consumer collective redress.
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Opinion
Iceland's financial crisis has galvanised support for joining the EU.
Thursday, 20 November 2008
Mismanagement has turned Hungary into a not-so-normal country.
Thursday, 20 November 2008
A key foreign-policy tool – financial sanctions – faces failure. A few tweaks and it could be saved.
Thursday, 20 November 2008
The European Union wants the EIB to play a role in its response to the economic crisis – but it must make sure the EIB meets its existing responsibilities better
Friday, 14 November 2008
Columns
Thursday, 20 November 2008Barroso must free himself of fiscal fears
Tinkering as the economy burns will not do.
Thursday, 20 November 2008 Thursday, 20 November 2008 Thursday, 20 November 2008 Thursday, 20 November 2008Flawed tactics in the Balkans
Kosovo should either be left do its own business or should shut up.
Why waste time over a name?
Alexander the Great, emperor of Macedonia and exemplar for modern leaders and diplomats.
The good news and the bad news about Estonia's security
A spy scandal rocks Tallinn, while Estonia receives mixed messages on defence from its Finnish neighbours.
Europe must back up words with action in Congo
As the situation in Congo worsens, the EU must consider reinforcing the UN peacekeeping mission.
Special report
Commission wants EU-wide strategy for rare diseases
Industry needs to inform and reform (II): Dagmar Roth-Behrendt
Industry needs to inform and reform (I): Françoise Grossetête MEP
Fake medicines regulation in dispute
Battle looming over medicine information
Big pharma shows vital competition
Where have all the drugs gone?
A stirred pharma industry fears the big shake-up
Under threat from a generic attack
Budgeting for development aid (I): Danute Budreikaite
Budgeting for development aid (II): Josep Borrell Fontelles
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Letters
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Repealing 'frivolous' directives will improve image of EU
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Biofuels and the use of independent research
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Ireland should look for Lisbon compromises
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Green investments must not fall victim to carbon trade
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