June 19, 2013
As we reported in our daily press summary, European Commission President José Manuel Barroso has drawn criticism from the French government after he described France’s insistence to exclude the audio-visual industry from EU-US trade talks as “complete…
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June 14, 2013
David Cameron wants to use the gathering of G8 leaders in Northern Ireland next week to launch formal negotiations on the planned EU-US free trade agreement. But progress depends on breaking the deadlock in talks today over France’s insistence that any…
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britain in europe, British diplomacy, EU trade, EU-US, France, free trade, protectionism |
April 20, 2012
George Osborne is in Washington DC today for an IMF meeting. In another one of those ‘domestic politics meet financial crisis’, Osborne is under pressure from his MPs not to contribute any more cash to the IMF unless there are guarantees that the …
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crisis, EFSF, esm, EU-US, eurozone, eurozone. bail-out, imf, Osborne, sovereign debt, sovereignty, UK; |
February 9, 2010
Following German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle’s speech at the weekend, announcing that the long term goal of EU security and defence policy under Lisbon should be the creation of a European army, the French Defence Minister Hervé Morin today mad…
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February 3, 2010
The Obama “snub” continues to gather headlines in today’s papers. PJ Crowley, the US Assistant Secretary of State, today confirmed that the uncertainty created by the new posts created under the Lisbon Treaty had been a major factor in Obama’s decision…
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February 1, 2010
was the message, according to the WSJ, that the US State Department chose to leave on the EU’s voicemail this weekend, presumably while the Spanish, who hold the EU Presidency, Herman Van Rompuy and Jose Manuel Barroso all wrestled with each other as t…
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EU-US, Lisbon Treaty, Obama, Spanish EU Presidency, Van Rompuy |
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