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EU budget-deal flop a replay of debt crisis

Source: Arkansas Online, Nov 24 2012, 3:16am CST

Angela Merkel, Germany’s chancellor, speaks to reporters Friday before a meeting of European Union leaders in Brussels. BRUSSELS European Union leaders on Friday failed to agree on the 27 nation bloc’s next seven-year budget, replaying the clash between ...

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Feature: EU firms lament job losses from possible punitive duties on Chinese solar products

Source: SINA English  |   May 24 2013, 4:52pm CDT

BRUSSELS, May 24 (Xinhua) -- A coalition of over 580 European solar companies on Friday protested in a dramatic way against looming anti-dumping duties against Chinese-made solar products. A symbolic funeral march was held earlier Frid ...

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Two thirds of young Europeans to vote in EP election: survey

Source: SINA English  |   May 24 2013, 4:50pm CDT

BRUSSELS, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Almost two thirds of young Europeans intend to vote in the 2014 European Parliament election, according to the latest survey of the European Commission on youth participation in democratic life. The ...

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"Brussels continues to exist as if it’s in a parallel universe."


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EESC urges Europe to "change course"

Source: SINA English  |   May 24 2013, 4:50pm CDT

BRUSSELS, May 24 (Xinhua) - The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), the European Union's primary consultative body, brought forward a package of proposals on Friday to make Europe "change course" amid rising euro-scepticism and public d ...

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EU's Van Rompuy seeks ways to fight youth unemployment

Source: EUbusiness  |   May 24 2013, 2:27pm CDT

(BRUSSELS) - European Union president Herman Van Rompuy on Friday called on Europe's leaders for help in fighting youth unemployment, now at record levels across the 27-nation bloc. In a letter to the EU's heads of ...

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British PM to rule coalition until 2015, reports say

Source: Accuracy in Media  |   May 24 2013, 2:11pm CDT

WASHINGTON — The European Union’s most skeptical member, the United Kingdom, is facing inner turmoil at the top. Current Prime Minister David Cameron of the Conservative Party is going to lead the coalition until 2015, ...

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Nobel winner "can't believe anyone's serious" about EU

Source: B92  |   May 24 2013, 1:24pm CDT

Iceland's new Prime Minister Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson announced earlier this week he did not wish his country to join a bloc in crisis as his own economy recovers. Since emerging from its 2008 banking meltdown, Iceland' ...

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Europe steps up fight against tax cheats

Source: CNN/Money  |   May 24 2013, 1:18pm CDT

U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron is hoping to use EU momentum on tax reform to push for broader international action at a G8 summit next month. Faced with rising anger from hard-pressed taxpayers about lost revenue and a wave of ...

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Canada Aiming for Agreement in Principle with EU on Trade Pact: Sources

Source: Wall Street Journal  |   May 24 2013, 12:00pm CDT

By Nirmala Menon OTTAWA--As the window for clinching a free-trade pact between Canada and the European Union narrows, Canadian negotiators are trying to work out an agreement in principle with European counterparts, ...

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Hollande confirms thousands of job slash in military forces

Source: SINA English  |   May 24 2013, 10:51am CDT

PARIS, May 24 (Xinhua) -- French President Francois Hollande on Friday confirmed a plan to trim 24,000 jobs in armed forces by 2019 as part of the government's efforts to tighten public spending crucial to reach healt ...

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