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Speaking
on Wednesday (16 January) before MEPs about his country's plans for the six
month presidency, Slovene Prime Minister Janez Jansa agreed that EU relations
with Mediterranean states should be strengthened.
But,
like Germany, who has expressed concern at the French plan for setting up a
Mediterranean Union connecting countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea, with
Turkey as...
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The Slovenian
Presidency of the EU and the Committee of the Regions will host the
first conference of experts on the European Grouping of Territorial
Cooperation (EGTC) at Brdo Congress Centre (Slovenia) on 17 January.
Organised
at the invitation of Slovenia's Government Office for Local
Self-Government and Regional Policy, the meeting aims to build
political support for,...
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Trade unions have urged the European Commission to delay its
keenly awaited climate change package rather than introduce it without measures
designed to soften its "social impact." John Monks, the secretary
general of European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), told journalists on
Tuesday (15 January) that the commission's current draft of proposals on
reaching energy targets...
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The president of the European People's Party (EPP),
Wilfried Martens, congratulated the new prime minister (re-elected), Ivo
Sanader (HDZ party and member of the EPP), whose new government obtained the
confidence of the new Croat parliament elected on 25 November.
I am particularly pleased with today's vote
of confidence because it's a strong signal that...
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In a speech on Saturday (12 January) in Paris, former UK
prime minister Tony Blair, who works as a Middle East envoy since June last
year, set out his vision for the 27-nation bloc, which appeared as launching a
bid to become president of the European Union.
Addressing members of French president Nicolas...
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In
March last year, EU
leaders agreed that 10 percent of transport fuels should come from biofuels by
2020, a goal the commission is now turning into concrete legislation.
The
European commission is due on 23 January to publish legislation on the
production of biofuels, aimed at promoting the use of these alternatives to
oil.
But, The Commission...
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