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Euro roundup: The Franco-German axis takes some hits recently
Frosty by Open Europe blog team The Franco-German axis, which for so long has defined the European Union, has taken some serious hits lately. Following the trauma of the eurozone... Read more
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Euro roundup: Blair lures Lib-Democrats, Merkel’s headaches, Saving Greeks etc…
MAIN FOCUS: Brown lures Liberal Democrats into coalition | 11/05/2010 from euro|topics In a surprise move British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced on Monday his resignation as Labour Party leader,... Read more
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Turkey [still] asks Germany for help
Turkey asks Germany for help if EU bid stalls (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan asked visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday to help Turkey if its... Read more
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Angela Merkel hangs out with ‘privileged partners’
with Egemen Bağış (Chief EU negotiator) and Ertuğrul Günay (Minister of Tourism and Culture) all photo credits: Hürriyet Merkel seeks to defuse Turkish schools row from FT.com – World, Europe... Read more
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Merkel in town, for what?
Probably trade deals. Turkey-Germany relations are quite dense in fact. But I never liked Merkel who keeps pushing for privileged partnership to Turkey. Negotiations for full membership continues and Merkel... Read more
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EU decides to save Greece…
MAIN FOCUS: Europe stands by Greece | 26/03/2010 from euro|topics The Eurogroup countries on Thursday evening agreed a rescue package for Greece that entails a mixture of bilateral loans and... Read more
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EP against ACTA measures
EU Parliament votes 663-13 against ACTA’s enforcement measures from Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow The European Parliament resoundingly voted against the secret Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), in a resounding 663... Read more
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the European External Action Service- The EU’s new diplomatic service
The EU’s new diplomatic service from EurActiv.com by Giacomo Introduced by the Lisbon Treaty, the European External Action Service is intended to give the Union a greater role in foreign... Read more
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2020 economic roadmap for Europe
Brussels unveils 2020 economic roadmap for Europe from EurActiv.com by frederic If implemented, the strategy should bring “at least 2% growth” to Europe, Barroso said, presenting his proposals in Brussels... Read more
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Euro roundup: European Young Journalist Award 2010 etc
European Young Journalist Award 2010 from Stephen Spillane Again this year DG Enlargement are running the European Young Journalist Award 2010. (post on last years competition is here). Its simple,... Read more
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A new study on Germany’s Muslims
New Study Looks at Challenges Faced by Germany’s Muslims By Sheila Lalwani in Berlin It’s no secret that many immigrants have a hard time in Germany. A new study has... Read more
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Turkey and Armeania, one step back-again
In the last round, relations got worse but I believe this is just another (negative) step in many steps to come… A roundup on Turkish foreign policy… Historic efforts to... Read more
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Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs- hi-tech
Zeynep Gürcanlı of Hürriyet has a good piece on Turkish Foreign Ministry‘s use of web. All consulates are connected with advanced networking tools… Not only policy change but hi-tech accompanies... Read more
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“Keeping Turkey out of Europe
Egemen Bağış, the chief negotiator, talks at Bahçeşehir U today after a protest by a group of leftist anti-EU students… A positive signal from Germany, a supportive article from the... Read more
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"EU's Lisbon Treaty comes into force
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