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How Europe can be heard in Washington...and a lunch with Vice- President Joe Biden. At least the experience may help Europeans take on board two important truths about Barack Obama, the man whose election so delighted them a year ago. First, his foreign policy strategy is to... In this article: European Union, Washington, Europe, US, NATO, Barack Obama, European Council on Foreign Relations, and Brookings Institution |
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Fox News | November 03, 2009
Obama Hosting EU-US Summit
...2009, 5:58 AM CST WASHINGTON (AP) aEUR" President Barack Obama is hosting a summit with European Union leaders on a range of issues, including climate change, economic management and the NATO operation in Afghanistan. Vice President Joe...
In this article: Barack Obama, Climate change, US, White House, All rights reserved, Kyoto Protocol, Jose Manuel Barroso, and NATO
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TIME | November 03, 2009
U.S.-E.U. Summit
U.S.-E.U. Summit Obama to meet with EU leaders to talk climate change, economic management and NATO in Afghanistan in the Cabinet Room Tuesday. Biden to hold welcoming lunch ahead of the meetings with Obama. Sign up for the daily email...
In this article: Barack Obama, Climate change, EU, NATO, Joe Biden, and Afghanistan
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San Francisco Chronicle | November 03, 2009
Obama hosting EU-US summit at White House
...leaders ahead of the meetings with Obama. The EU will be represented by European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso as well as the prime minister and foreign minister of Sweden. The two sides are expected to reveal a new EU-US...
In this article: Barack Obama, White House, Climate change, Jose Manuel Barroso, NATO, Joe Biden, and US
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Reuters | October 22, 2009
Biden calls for bigger security role for east Europe
...region. In Bucharest, during a trip to central and eastern Europe, Biden repeated efforts to reassure central Europeans that the Obama administration would not strike any deals with Moscow regarding their security without them. "The time...
In this article: Joe Biden, Europe, Poland, Thomson Reuters, Washington, NATO, United States, Romania, and Moscow
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Jake Tapper's Political Punch | November 03, 2009
The Presidential Planner
...Secretary of State Clinton, Vice President Biden and Speaker Pelosi. In the afternoon, the president will participate in the U.S.-European Union summit, with Prime Minister of Sweden Fredrik Reinfeldt, President of the European...
In this article: Barack Obama, Climate change, Angela Merkel, Joe Biden, Fredrik Reinfeldt, and White House
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Biden says U.S. backs EU ties for Moldova
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday threw its weight behind Moldova's aspirations to boost ties with the European Union, following an election that last month handed power to a western-leaning government in Chisinau.
In this article: Joe Biden, Moldova, Thomson Reuters, United States, Europe, Barack Obama, Moscow, Bucharest, and Washington
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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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