Outgoing EU Leaders' Tongues Are Loose
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One says admitting Turkey to the European Union would spread Islamic radicalism throughout the continent. Another calls Britain America's slavish "spear-carrier" and bemoans Europeans' image in Washington as "sanctimonious wimps."
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Many Europeans didn't want a second term for President Bush, but as his inauguration approaches they're warily hopeful for more cooperation with the U.S. leader and his new foreign policy team led by Condoleezza Rice.
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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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European Commission President-designate Jose Barroso overhauled his leadership team, seeking to end a dispute with the European Parliament and two weeks of policy- making gridlock in the European Union.
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EU leaders will gather in Rome today to sign an historic new constitution, but the planned celebration of European unity has been transformed into a crisis meeting over the bloc&#39;s stalled executive.
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BRUSSELS, Jan 18 (IPS) - European Union officials were this week branded  "slow" and "lazy" in addressing discrimination  faced by the Roma community, the continent's largest  transnational minority.
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Â· French president headed for showdown in Brussels  Â· He will demand greater political control over euro
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Poland softened its tone on the eve of  a crucial European Union summit due to launch negotiations on a  reform of the bloc&#39;s institutions but Britain angered its  partners by trying to gut foreign policy provisions.
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European leaders celebrated the end of border controls along a line stretching from the Baltic Sea to the Adriatic on Friday as many of the European Union's newest members joined the EU's passport-free zone.
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The BBC's Manuela Saragosa reports on the EU's translation difficulties - exacerbated by enlargement.
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LONDON (CP) - The European Union's political machinery was thrown into reverse on Wednesday as the new president of the European Commission backed down from a vote on his proposed cabinet over a controversial Italian commissioner.
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PARIS Hopes for a quick resolution to the crisis in the European Union receded Thursday as the incoming commission president, JosÃ© Manuel Barroso, acknowledged that he would have to make several changes to his team before seeking the blessing of
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BRUSSELS : European leaders were urged to forget their past divisions over Iraq as they met the country&#39;s interim leader on the second day of a summit in Brussels.
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan gave EU leaders a classic lesson in haggling at a crunch summit here, at one point bluntly threatening to leave if he didn&#39;t get what he wanted -- but for some the hard-nosed approach left a bitter aftertaste.
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European leaders were quick to comment Tuesday on President George W. Bush&#39;s narrow victory over Sen. John Kerry in the United States presidential election.
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STRASBOURG, France -- The European Union will operate without the executive-branch administration that was due to take office Monday, after the European Commission&#39;s incoming president withdrew his slate of 24 commissioners to avoid a humiliating
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The incoming head of the European Commission has been trying to end a dispute which threatens to leave the EU without an executive.