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EU summit: The conclusions
We now have a full copy of the conclusions reached by the European heads of government. Not many surprises in there, but I thought I?d post an annotated version below for those interested in EU arcana
EU summit: The view from Stockholm
Out at Belgium?s bucolic National Botanic Gardens, where centre-right leaders are having their pre-summit gathering, a hard, cold rain is keeping most heads of government away from the press.
EU summit: Merkel sends calming signals
Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, was one of the last to arrive at the pre-summit gathering of centre-right leaders outside Brussels, but on the way in, she had some calming words to offer.
Some diplomats had feared Merkel would insist on new language to be included in the otherwise benign treaty amendment scheduled to be debated tonight, making the approval process more complicated.
EU summit: The morning after, Barroso hits back
from Brussels Blog by Peter Spiegel
EU summit: And they?re off?
Leaders have finally arrived at the Justus Lipsius building, headquarters of the European Council, and have begun their deliberations over changes in the EU treaties and next steps in the eurozone crisis.
As we expected this morning, the main point of nervousness is still over how hard Angela Merkel will insist that changes in the treaty include tough language ensuring a the newly-created bail-out system only be used as a last resort.
EU summit: Treaty change language
from Brussels Blog by Peter Spiegel
Not an Open Europe, but a Strong One
Podcast: Interview with the European Parliament?s social media team
from Public Affairs 2.0 by fhbrussels
Secret bid to hold EU budget for 10 years
from FT.com – World, Europe
MAIN FOCUS: EU resolves on euro crisis action plan | 17/12/2010
The EU summit decided on a permanent mechanism for protecting the euro in Brussels on Thursday. Commentators on the one hand call for sweeping measures such as euro bonds but on the other criticise encroachments on the sovereignty of member states.
The need for a credible bargain ? what the EU should learn from today?s #EUCO Twitter wall experience
from Jon Worth by Jon
Berlusconi-bashing tweets shut down EU summit experiment
from EUobserver.com – Headline News
European eGovernment Action Plan in 22 languages
Into this blog post I have corralled materials from the EU Commission on the eGovernment Action Plan, much of it available in 22 official languages of the European Union.
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