Kok calls for big push on Lisbon agenda
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A high level report has called for the EU to refocus itself on economic growth and job creation, and away from environmental and social concerns.
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EU leaders will try to breathe new life this week into plans to diversify energy sources and combat climate change at a summit in Brussels amid fears they will only blow &quot;hot air&quot;, officials and experts said.
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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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European Union leaders will put their weight behind ambitious goals to fight climate change today in a move they hope will spur similar action from the United States and other big polluters worldwide.Comment
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Report from the High Level Group chaired by Wim Kok. The European Council held in Brussels in March 2004 invited the Commission to establish a High Level Group headed by Mr Wim Kok to carry out an independent review to contribute to the mid-term review.
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A large concrete cow embossed with tulips stands sentry outside Jan Peter Balkenende&#39;s suite at the Brussels EU summit, where he spent last Friday âwriting historyâ by setting
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Â· French, German and Italian leaders meet BrownÂ· Barroso urges 'targeted and proportionate' action
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A cross-party campaign is set to kick off Thursday, calling on Prime Minister Gordon Brown to give the country a referendum on the new European Union treaty.
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European Union (EU) leaders on Friday in a summit called for urgent action on Lisbon strategy in the wake of a gloomy review report on European economic reform process.
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Â· PM steps up pressure ahead of EU/Africa summit Â· Portugal scrambles to salvage key meetings
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Beleaguered European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso began work today facing growing calls for action against two of his new 24-strong team.
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He has urged UEFA to give the go-ahead for major competition matches to be played on artificial surfaces. The European governing body&#39;s executive committee convenes for its latest gathering in Vienna on Wednesday.
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A high-level EU delegation pressed Belgrade to take part &quot;positively&quot; in UN talks on the future of its breakaway province of Kosovo and to speedily form a new government.
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The United Nations secretary-general, Kofi Annan, has appealed to the European Union to play a bigger role in UN peacekeeping operations.
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European leaders will seek to reassure sceptical voters at a summit starting on Thursday by toughening policy on enlargement of the European Union, without though slamming the door on a queue of aspiring ...Comment
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The European Union&#39;s new trade chief has called for a fresh push to end acrimonious trade spats between Europe and the United States, arguing that strengthened transatlantic ties would spur economic growth.
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With ten new members added into the fold and a new draft constitution working its way through capitals for ratification, the European Union (EU) is in the midst of unprecedented political and geographic ...