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The eighth OPEN DAYS - European
Week of Regions and Cities, opens on 4 October in Brussels. Organised
annually by the European Commission and the EU Committee of the Regions,
over 6 000 regional and local representatives will take part in this
year's four-day event. Under the heading "Europe 2020: competitiveness,...
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On the occasion of the first ever ministerial conference on "green
jobs", Deputy Prime Minister Joëlle Milquet and European Commissioner
László Andor have launched the proposal for a first European plan for
the creation of jobs in the "green" sectors and for the "greening" of
the economy and the labour...
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Cohesion policy is the motor of growth and the wisest solution to the
economic crisis", Danuta Hübner MEP, Member of the Special Committee on
the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis of the European Parliament
(CRIS) and Co-thematic leader.
"Future cohesion policy should offer regions good practice models in a
more robust way to...
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The forthcoming review of the EU budget must
not lead to less money for local and regional authorities to invest in
sustainable, green and socially fair growth, the Committee of the Regions has
warned.
Speaking after a debate on the forthcoming EU budget review at the CoR's
external Bureau meeting...
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On 1 July, Belgium, one of the
founding states of the European Union, assumed the presidency of the Council of
the European Union for the twelfth time, taking over the reins from Spain.
Pending the formation of a new national government following elections in June
and in accordance with the...
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Priorities of the Belgian presidency
After Spain, now is the time for Belgium to
chair the EU in order to continue working on economic recovery and the fight
against climate change.
From
1st July to 31st December 2010, it is Belgium's turn to preside over the
Council of the European Union (EU).
This is
a real challenge,...
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