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EU-Russia summit tackles thorny gas issueLast year Sweden and Poland championed the setting up of an Eastern Partnership for the EU with six nations which Russia still considers to be within its sphere of influence: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. In this article: European Union, Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, Moscow, Sweden, World Trade Organization, Caucasus, Stockholm, and Ukraine |
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washingtonpost.com | 4 days ago
GM wants gov'ts to help pay $4.9 bn restructuring
...be the first to hear it," he said. GM met Monday with ministers from Germany, Belgium, Britain, Spain, Sweden and Poland as well as European Union commissioners in Brussels to discuss cutbacks and aid. European nations fear that countries...
In this article: GM, Magna International Inc., Brussels, Germany, Belgium, Opel, Britain, and Poland
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GlobalPost | 6 hours ago
Poland is in an energy bind
...not swayed Poland from its strategy. The country is gradually shifting to less polluting forms of energy under pressure from the EU, which has committed to its ambitious 20/20/20 program - producing 20 percent of the EU's energy with...
In this article: Poland, Coal, Carbon dioxide, Europe, Barack Obama, Global warming, Jacek Rostowski, Financial Times, and Donald Tusk
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BBC News | November 18, 2009
Poland seeks EU jobs transparency
...managing the council's business. Poland has reminded its EU partners that, under the Lisbon Treaty, the appointments of president and foreign policy chief ought to be made by qualified majority vote. Before the vote, Poland suggests, the...
In this article: EU, Poland, Vaira Vike-Freiberga, Fredrik Reinfeldt, Sweden, Gavin Hewitt, Massimo D'Alema, Carl Bildt, and Tony Blair
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | 5 days ago
EU recession over, but sharp contrasts in east
...the EU since 2004. The situation in Poland, the only EU nation to have enjoyed sustained growth this year, compares with the stark lot of countries such as Latvia or Hungary, where the economies have been in freefall. "In terms of growth,...
In this article: Recession, Europe, Lithuania, Latvia, Slovakia, Hungary, and Czech Republic
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Telegraph.co.uk - All news | November 18, 2009
EU anger over FrancoGerman 'stitchup' on presidency
...the powerful Brussels job created by the Lisbon Treaty. The attempted "stitch-up" angered Britain, Spain, Italy and Poland along with other central and east European countries. News of the attempted deal came yesterday after Chancellor...
In this article: EU, Herman Van Rompuy, Tony Blair, Germany, Angela Merkel, Brussels, Britain, France, Europe, and Berlin
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Olga Kevelos
...for the rest of her life. Her close links with Czechoslovakia led Olga Kevelos some 40 years later to be invited to a Foreign Office reception held to celebrate the Czech Republic's accession to the European Union. The then prime minister,...
In this article: London, Birmingham, Tony Blair, Europe, Paris, and Peanut butter
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The European Union (EU) is an economic and political union of 27 member states, located primarily in Europe. Committed to regional integration, the EU was established by the Treaty of Maastricht on 1 November 1993 upon the foundations of the pre-existing European Economic Community. With almost 500 million citizens, the EU combined generates an estimated 30% share (US$18.4 trillion in 2008) of the nominal gross world product and about 22% of the PPP gross world product.
The EU has developed a single market through a standardised system of laws which apply in all member states, ensuring the free movement of people, goods, services, and capital. It maintains common policies on trade, agriculture, fisheries and regional development. Sixteen member states have adopted a common currency, the euro, constituting the Eurozone. The EU has developed a limited role in foreign policy, having representation at the WTO, G8, G20 and at the UN. It enacts legislation in justice and home affairs, including the abolition of passport controls by an agreement between 25 member states which form the Schengen Area.
The EU originates from the European Coal and Steel Community formed among six countries in 1951 and the Treaty of Rome in 1957. Since then, the EU has evolved through a process of enlargement, while new policy areas have been added to the remit of its institutions.
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