Euro MPs spurn 'pure vodka' bid
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Euro MPs reject a bid by MEPs from Nordic and Baltic states to tighten the legal definition of vodka.
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A standoff between the European Parliament and the new European Commission, which needs parliamentary approval, remains unresolved after a key meeting yesterday.
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The European Union rejects Neurochem's lead drug.
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The European Parliament (EP)&#39;s Greens will reject the new European Commission (EC), the executivearm of the European Union (EU), as a whole during a key vote next week.
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BRUSSELS, May 17 (IPS) - Corporate lobbyists in Brussels are resisting calls  by European Union legislators to disclose  how much they receive  from firms determined to water down EU rules on the environment   and public health.
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Dutch Labour MPs decide not to back calls for a referendum on the European Union's new Reform Treaty.
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The European Commission on Tuesday announced it had abandoned plans to ban the use of pints, pounds and miles in Britain and Ireland, in the face of overwhelming public opposition.
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European Parliament members issued a declaration Wednesday demanding the European Union ban the import of seal products to protest Canada's seal hunt.
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Peter Mandelson warns MPs not to get drawn into an Eurosceptic agenda by supporting an EU Treaty referendum.
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BRUSSELS, BELGIUM -- European officials decided yesterday to disregard proposals to declare huge stretches of ocean off-limits for trawlers if viable alternatives can be worked out to safeguard such threatened fish as the once-common cod.
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European Union ministers have decided to disregard proposals to declare huge swathes of ocean off-limits for trawlers if viable alternatives could be worked out to safeguard such threatened fish as the once-common cod.
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MPs and peers say Parliament is being denied a proper chance to debate new anti-terror laws.
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President Vladimir Putin  scrapped with European Union leaders on Friday over Brussels'  plans to limit foreign investment in energy markets at a summit  that achieved little on key sticking points.
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ROME - A diplomatic row has erupted between Italy and the European Parliament after the latter rejected an anti-gay Italian minister as a European commissioner.
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Ukrainian MPs narrowly reject the bid of Orange Revolution leader Yulia Tymoshenko for the post of prime minister.
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Scottish & Newcastle rejects an improved 780p-per-share bid proposal from Carlsberg and Heineken.
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Calls to tighten alcohol controls to combat a rise in consumption by young people are rejected by ministers.