Interviews

The commissioner for employment is launching a series of bold measures aimed at bolstering the rights of European workers and fighting discrimination. Vladimír Špidla talks about the package's [...]

Enlargement chief says there is no crisis, it is not in the EU's interest to stop enlargement.

MEP wants coal-fired power stations to have ‘CCS' after 2014.
Slovakia follows Irish model in effort to win admission to eurozone and to avert Lithuanian scenario.
For those who fear the arrival of class-action culture in Europe, US litigator Michael Hausfeld has a worrying message. “Europe is on the right path,” he says with quiet conviction.
Ireland's EU Affairs Minister Dick Roche would like to see “over 60%” of Irish voters approving the Treaty of Lisbon in the country's referendum on 12 June. Speaking to European Voice on 10 April, Roche said a rejection of the treaty would send a very bad signal given the current economic situation. In October 2002, in the second referendum on the Nice treaty agreed in 2000, 60% of Irish voters said ‘Yes'.
Shell prepares for the worst -- a scramble for energy -- and hopes for the best, international cooperation and blueprints to stabilise emissions. Shell's CEO, Jeroen van der Veer, talks to European Voice.
The European Commission will next week adopt plans to create an EU market for efficient and low-emission energy technologies.
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As speechwriter to the president of France, Henri Guaino has used his lyrical power to increase his backstage influence. But can he last?
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Kanoff Legal on behalf of its client, the Brussels office of an international law firm, is seeking a German Associate with 2-5 years' experience in [...]
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CIAA, the Confederation of the Food and Drink Industries of the EU is looking for a Junior Manager - Economic Affairs.
Thursday, 3 July 2008
Colipa, the Brussels-based European trade association of the cosmetic industry, has an opening for Director Legal and International Affairs. [...]
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