09.05.2008 - 09:15 CET
The prime ministers of Poland and Lithuania have agreed to coordinate how to proceed with talks on a long-delayed EU-Russia partnership deal, according to a statement by the Lithuanian government.
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09.05.2008 - 09:29 CET
Italy's empty seat at the European Commission table has now been officially taken by Antonio Tajani, previously an MEP. Meanwhile, Silvio Berlusconi has formally returned to centre stage in Italian politics as third-time prime minister, after his cabinet was sworn in on Thursday.
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09.05.2008 - 09:27 CET
Ten years on, the euro has been an economic success. But it is unrealistic to expect it to be a political force as well as an economic one. Economic strength needs to be matched by a charismatic and internationally respected European Presidency capable of projecting European values, writes Peter Sain ley Berry.
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08.05.2008 - 18:54 CET
As opposition to biofuels among international institutions, economists and NGOs grows, the European Union is under great pressure to develop a set of sustainability rules governing the controversial alternative fuel source, but EU member states disagree on what constitutes 'sustainable'.
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08.05.2008 - 09:17 CET
The EU's trade chief has hit out at the more protectionist positions on trade that have increasingly been deployed by the Democratic presidential candidates in the United States.
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07.05.2008 - 17:30 CET
The EU's farm policy chief has strongly defended Brussels' bid to boost the use of the controversial renewable energy source, biofuels, saying they are being unfairly blamed for rise in food prices around the world.
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07.05.2008 - 07:04 CET
Members of the European Parliament's industry committee have backed the European Commission's idea of separating electricity companies' production and supply wings. But critics of the ambitious liberalisation plans are refusing to concede defeat.
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07.05.2008 - 09:09 CET
Efforts to link up Europe's transport networks – road, rail and waterway – are behind schedule and over budget, according to an EU report presented by transport commissioner Jacques Barrot.
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06.05.2008 - 09:09 CET
The EU on Monday said it was too early to set a date for the next step in Albania's EU integration process, demanding instead that promised reforms be implemented first.
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