New EU chief seeks rapid deal in budget haggle
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The new European Commission hopes to exploit divisions among Europe's richest countries to push through an agreement on the EU's next medium-term spending round as early as next June, officials say.
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European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana urged Lebanese leaders on Monday to find a quick political solution to their four-month-old power struggle as he started a visit to the Middle East.
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BRUSSELS, Oct 27 (IPS) - Incoming European Commission president Jose  Manuel  DurÃ£o Barroso faced further embarrassment Wednesday after he was   forced to ask the European Parliament to delay a crucial vote  over his  new team of commissioners.
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Incoming European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has begun consultations with the European Union (EU) governments in an effort to resolve the crisis over his proposed new executive agency.
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A POLITICAL compromise to save the job of the new European Commissioner who thinks homosexuality is a sin was put to Euro MPs in Brussels yesterday.
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A political compromise to save the job of the new European Commissioner who thinks homosexuality is a sin was put to Euro MPs in Brussels today.
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European Union leaders began a crucial summit on Thursday with hopes of an agreement on reforms of the bloc's creaking institutions hanging in the balance over demands made by Britain and Poland.
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The incoming head of the European Union&#39;s executive body has announced changes to his group of commissioners and says he is ready to go to the European Parliament to seek its approval of his team.
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Incoming European Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso will hold talks with EU leaders from Thursday evening in Rome, where they are to sign the bloc&#39;s first-ever constitution Friday, a spokeswoman said.
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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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Incoming European Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso acted Friday to end an unprecedented EU stalemate, by arranging fast-track confirmation hearings for his re-arranged Brussels executive team.
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Peter Mandelson faces a three-hour grilling from MEPs before taking up the job as Europe's trade commissioner.
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Incoming European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso revamped his EU executive for parliamentary approval and proposed Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini as candidate for justice commissioner.
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A senior US negotiator in the new "open skies" talks issues a plea for Europeans to understand the deal's potential.
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The incoming European Commission president is to meet parliament heads to defuse the crisis over his proposed justice commissioner.
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Europe&#39;s top trade official yesterday called for a &quot;fresh start&quot; in trans-Atlantic relations, less than a week before he is to meet his US counterpart to discuss grating commercial disputes.
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European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso warned EU leaders gathering for a summit against short-changing the bloc in negotiations on its long-term financing.