As we wrote in our round-up of EU leaders’ doorsteps, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is the favourite for the European Council President post but it was not yet a done deal. However, have we just inadvertently had confirmation that Tusk has landed t…
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Anastasiades, EU top jobs, EUCO, Mogherini, Tusk, Van Rompuy |
As the crisis in Egypt continues to intensify by the day, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and Commission President José Manuel Barroso warned in a joint statement yesterday that the EU would “urgently review in the coming days its relatio…
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Ashton, barroso, EEAS, Egypt, ENP, eu, European Commission, European Court of Auditors, Van Rompuy |
November 30, 2012
Christmas is approaching and, in that spirit, José Barroso, the President of the European Commission, has written himself a wish list of presents for the EU member states (and particularly the Eurozone) to hand over. The Christmas wish list, or as Bar…
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barroso, debt-pooling, euro, eurobonds, European federalism, european parliament, eurozone, Van Rompuy |
November 22, 2012
This EU budget stuff can come across as pretty dull and confusing. To lighten things up a bit, we will turn to the universal language of football. So meet the EU budget ‘Veto Team’ – the eleven EU leaders that so far have threatened to veto the EU budg…
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2014-2020 MFF, Cameron, EU budget, EU veto, Hollande, MFF, monti, Van Rompuy, veto |
November 19, 2012
Update 21 November, 16:15Portugal has stepped up its rhetoric by a notch, and has now joined the group of countries that have explicitly threatened to use their veto. Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho told MPs, “The proposal that has been t…
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denmark, EU budget, EU veto, France, italy, MFF, Poland, QMV, Spain, UK;, Van Rompuy, veto |
December 7, 2011
It’s been another busy day in the eurozone crisis, with European Council President Herman van Rompuy putting out his report on the prospects for treaty change and greater eurozone fiscal integration and then German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French…
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ECB, emu, euro, eurozone. bail-out, finance, FTT, germany, Merkel, Sarkozy, sovereign debt, sovereignty, summit, Van Rompuy |
August 4, 2011
It’s been yet another day of uncertainty in the eurozone, with market fears over euro debt sending shares plunging across the globe and with EU leaders all over the place.Amid the confusion, France has stepped up again with calls to strengthen the ro…
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February 9, 2011
European Council President Herman Van Rompuy got another hostile reception at the European Parliament yesterday. Briefing MEPs on last Friday’s summit of EU leaders, he did his best to play down the disagreements that dominated the summit.German Green …
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January 31, 2011
In regards to Egypt, institutional Europe was lacking a clear line until [French President] Nicolas Sarkozy, [German Chancellor] Angela Merkel and David Cameron decided to put pressure on [Egyptian leader] Hosni Mubarak to implement the ‘political, e…
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Cameron, catherine ashton, eu foreign minister, France, germany, the Big Three, Van Rompuy |
November 23, 2010
We were reminded of this spectacularly inaccurate assessment the other day (from our “How the EU-elite got it wrong on the euro” briefing):”The euro has been a rock of stability, as illustrated by the contrasting fortunes of Iceland and Ireland. Joinin…
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