Halal burgers raise French hackles
French politicians in a stew over fast-food chain’s halal menu
French halal burger sparks appeal
MAIN FOCUS: Europe wants tougher regulation of banks | 19/02/2010
European banks will be subject to stricter regulation in the wake of the finance crisis. Governments and the EU Commission want to give more protection to depositors and up the onus on banks. The press welcomes the move in principle, but warns against the dangers of over-regulation.
LGBT Marriage in Denmark
Greece ‘needs European support’
EU Council information assessment early 2010
The Lisbon Treaty was supposed to bring about a European Union ?in which decisions are taken as openly as possible and as closely as possible to the citizen?.
Almost two months into the new year 2010, several reasons have contributed to the modest results this far.
Dutch Goverment Falls over Afghanistan Mandate
It is a rather late stage in the game for the war effort in Afghanistan to claim its first political victim. But yesterday night the Dutch governing coalition broke up over the question of extending its mandate. And that less than a week after narrowly surviving a debate over the (purely symbolic) support for the war in Iraq back in 2003. The political process has its own pace in the Netherlands.
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