MEPs condemned for weakening pension rights
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Business & money: Â·  European parliament blocks EC initiative Â·  Businesses and unions unite in denunciation
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BRUSSELS, Oct 21 (IPS) - A leading development group has slammed EU plans to  amend trade discounts to developing countries.
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European Parliament members today criticized the European Commission for proceeding with an "action plan" for closer cooperation with Ukraine that was negotiated with the country's outgoing government.
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Several MEPs call for the EU to match a proposed ban on Nazi symbols by outlawing communist signs.
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Swiss voters' rejection of plans to relax strict citizenship awards and a media protest in Russia feature in Monday's European papers.
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Lawmakers criticized Europeans for supporting charities linked to Hamas and Hezbollah on Tuesday, with one saying it was like doing business with the "political wing of the Nazi party" while rejecting the military wing.
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Employers will no longer be able to force workers to retire before 65, unless they can justify it, the government says.
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European election observers cited severe restrictions imposed on their work by the Russian government.
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The "very generous" MPs' final salary pension scheme should be closed to new entrants, says David Cameron.
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Russia's human rights ombudsman on Friday criticised a decision by Russian authorities to close two regional branches of the British Council on January 1 in a mounting dispute.
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A European Parliament committee has narrowly voted to oppose Italian Rocco Buttiglione as the EU&#39;s next justice commissioner, officials say.
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MEPs are demanding sweeping new powers to vote on, and sack, individual European Commissioners as the price for backing JosÃ© Manuel Barrosoâs new EU executive.
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MEPs threatened last night to bring down the new European Commission before it even takes office, as a row sparked by controversial comments about homosexuality escalated into an unprecedented crisis.
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A British MEP prompts controversy after being accused of likening new powers with some given to Hitler in 1933.
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The European Union&#39;s new executive chief has been forced to back down over his team of commissioners amid opposition in the European Parliament.
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The Socialist Group in the European Parliament (EP) on Thursday rejected a proposal by incoming European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso designed to defuse a row over
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ROME, Italy -- An EU committee&#39;s rejection of an Italian nominee with conservative views on homosexuality has drawn a sharp condemnation by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.