DEVELOPMENT:  New EU Members Taught to Look Around
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BRUSSELS, Aug 27 (IPS) - +IBMThe new EU member states will soon take lessons  in development cooperation from developing countries.
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The EU's enlargement to 25 members in 2004 could be dwarfed by the challenges that lie ahead, writes the BBC's Stephen Sackur.
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BRUSSELS, Oct 13 (IPS) - The EU must focus on poverty eradication in South  Asia as a policy area in its own right, says a leading  development campaigner.
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Like moths to a nightlight, the European Uniona s 10 new member countries are attracting new manufacturing companies from across Europe.
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The European Union&#39;s incoming industry chief warned Thursday against protectionist leanings of some European governments, as well as fears about new EU member states abusing their position.
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BRUSSELS, Sep 1 (IPS) - Leading civil society groups are cautiously  optimistic that development will rise among EU priorities.
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Newer EU members are struggling to promote a more traditional morality.
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BRUSSELS, Jan 11 (IPS) - One of the most persistent criticisms levelled at  the European Union's conduct towards poor countries is that  it gives with one hand and takes with the other. Despite being  the world's largest donor of development aid, the EU pursues  trade, agriculture and fisheries policies that many anti-poverty  activists blame for perpetuating -- and exacerbating -- global  inequalities.
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Brussels has said the EU&#39;s newest members should adopt the euro in one step, in contrast to the currency&#39;s original phased introduction.
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The EU announces new measures to attract skilled labour from Africa and curb illegal immigration.
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ROME, Italy -- European leaders on Friday signed the EU&#39;s first constitution, which is designed to give the union a sharper international profile and speed up decision-making in a club now embracing 25 nations.
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The BBC's Angus Roxburgh describes how the new EU commissioners coped with cross-examination by MEPs.
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Nine out of 10 Europeans know little or nothing about the new EU constitution, a study suggests.
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Following the hearings of the three new candidates for Jose Manuel Barroso&#39;s European Commission, the European Parliament seems set to give the new ensemble the green light to get to work.
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European Union leaders are expected to make it harder for new members to join, as they hold an annual summit.
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The European Commission has given Bulgaria and Romania the green light to join the European Union in January, but with the closest monitoring system ever imposed on new members.
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The EU is presenting a 'blue card' that would aim to attract skilled workers to Europe and regulate immigration.