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The Jeleva Fallout Continues  Questions began as soon Rumiana Jeleva's withdrawal was announced after what looked like a well co-ordinated campaign against her. Martin Dillon, a journalist with many years of experience and contacts in several intelligence services wrote Outgoing EU Commission will be no lame duck  There will be no slackening of work at the European Commission when its mandate expires at the end of October, even though no new commission will be ready to replace it, commission spokesman Johannes Laitenberger Socialists step out of the way of the Barroso steamroller  A disjointed bid to block the re-appointment of European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso to another five-year term has run out of steam after his main opponents, the Socialists, said they couldn’t stop it, but Brussels puts on the squeeze for EU migrants  The European Commission wants European Union states to show more “solidarity” to members who are facing major immigration problems, especially Malta and Italy, officials said. But EU diplomats say that given the political sensitivity of The EU’s not hedging on the hedge funds  Johannes Laitenberger, spokesperson for the European Commission, stopped by the New Europe NETV television booth at the European People’s Party Congress in Warsaw, Poland last week to talk about the EU getting tough on hedge Journalists blast Commission over “spies” smear  Journalists’ groups in Brussels assailed the European Commission for suggesting that reporters may provide cover for potential spies in search of sensitive and classified information about the European Union. “This sort of loose talk ends A Battle Royal over protectionism splits the EU  With the Czech Republic, the current holders of the European Union presidency fighting with France, European Union finance ministers meeting in Brussels made little progress in their attempts to resolve the credit crunch that has Brussels faces battle over spending European Union officials in Brussels said they would go ahead with plans to invest billions of Euro of taxpayers’ money on energy and Internet projects despite of political and legal objections from major countries and EU’s shopping list includes wind, energy, Internet The European Commission has presented a detailed list of projects for improving energy security and spreading the use of the internet in a fresh bid to convince member states to spend five billion Euro (USD Gas crisis brings nuclear energy to the forefront  Slovakia, Bulgaria, Italy, Britain even Germany are among those countries giving nuclear energy another look, following the dispute between Russia and Ukraine, which has cut the flow of Russian natural gas to Europe has alarmed A rocky start to a barrier-free European future  It hasn’t been such an auspicious start for the Czech Republic’s EU Presidency. After taking over the reins from the French on January for a six-month as the country holding the rotating leadership of the Gas Crisis: European Commission powerless; Europe cold The European Commission officials today (Jan 13) in the afternoon failed to clarify the next course of action that it can take if the gas supplies do not arrive. Addressing journalists after the Commission meeting in EU left out in the cold  Russia on January 10 approved a European Union initiative for international observers to monitor Russian gas deliveries via Ukraine, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said. But the mandate - a key demand by Moscow to The European Commission reports on Bulgaria and Romania  Based on allegations for corruption and organised crime, the European Commission has frozen funds from Bulgarian the pre-accession programmes PHARE, ISPA and SAPARD, and revoked the accreditation of two of the four agencies entitled to Frattini resigns as Tajani steps in  Franco Frattini has stepped down as the European Union’s Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security following his appointment as foreign minister in the new Italian government of Silvio Berlusconi, officials in Brussels said.“Frattini has accepted No England on EU maps The European Union has no plans to abolish England, officials in Brussels insisted after two British newspapers accused the EU of wanting to “wipe England off the map.” “There are no secret plans to carve Correspondence Week: Liars, Bias and Disinformazia Dear Mr. Coronakis,I would like to thank you for your e-mail of 20 December to Vice-President Wallstrom, who asked me to reply to you on her behalf.The Representations of the Commission in Member States provide Justice prevails for journalism  “Facing the press is more difficult than bathing a leper.” -Mother Teresa, 1990“The press is the enemy” -Richard Nixon, 1969 The above two quotes sum up the ongoing drama in Europe today. Mother Teresa with EU Commission concerned over detention of opposition European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has voiced concern over the arrests of Russian opposition protesters recently. Commission spokesman Johannes Laitenberger quoted Barroso’s serious concern over the reported arrests of politicians and peaceful protesters in Naked truth about Verheugen, but no one wants to see it When World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz was found to have engineered a big, tax-free pay raise for his girl friend, who was working at the bank before he had her moved into another position, Germany Time to clean up Brussels  Brussels once again felt the heat of official “corruption investigations” last week as after dawn raids on the European Commission, the European Parliament and a host of other establishments across Belgium, France, Luxembourg and Italy, Commission staff asked to visit their old schools More than 450 German members of staff from the European Commission will be arriving direct from Brussels to visit their old schools on January 22 to hold discussions with the pupils about Europe. The commission Journalists bristle at Commission news conference policies  The Association de la Presse International (API), which represents the large Brussels contingent of journalists covering the European institutions has rightfully expressed its indignation over the handling of a news conference on obesity. In a EU citizens call for Strasbourg to be ditched Leaders of a drive to end the European Parliament’s monthly travel to Strasbourg, France for plenary sessions – including MEPs – last week said a petition signed in support by a million citizens across the EU finance ministers approve Eurozone entry European Union Eurozone finance ministers last Tuesday formally approved Slovenia’s entry into the 12-country Euro currency zone on January 1, 2007, making it the 13th member, Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa) reported. To mark the decision, celebrations A Political Reshuffle As anticipated by New Europe, the first part of the rotation of senior Commission personnel was announced by President Jose Manuel Barroso to his College last Wednesday and was immediately communicated to the pressroom at Barroso reshuffles top EU posts, German is new spokesman European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso last Wednesday announced a reshuffle of top administrative posts in the European Union executive and named Johannes Laitenberger, a German member of his personal cabinet, as the new Commission Barroso warns Blair over taking funds from poor EU states The European Commission last Wednesday warned Britain not to take away vitally needed aid funds from new and poorer European Union states in central and eastern Europe to pay for the bloc’s richer western nations. The Europe warns Blair The European Commission last week warned Britain not to take away vitally needed aid funds from new and poorer European Union (EU) states in central and eastern Europe to pay for the bloc’s richer western Barroso rejects Dutch bid for 1 bln Euro rebate European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has rejected out of hand the bid for a one billion Euro rebate on the Dutch contribution to the European Union’s coffers, expatica reported last Wednesday. The Netherlands, Sweden, |
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China is presenting its ascent not as a power shift, but as a paradigm shift. The worldwide economic recession has had European Union businesses keenly eyeing China for continuing markets, Showing there is still some major differences between the European Union and China in areas |
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