EU provides an inspiring model
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The repercussions of the strong comments made by US Secretary of State Colin Powell during his two-day visit to China denying that Taiwan is an independent nation have not ended.
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Jolted by the carnage of the Madrid train bombings and the cross-border rape and killing spree of a French pedophile, EU states are coming together on an ambitious new vision for policing Europe. It involves joint investigation teams and the sharing of hitherto jealously guarded criminal records and crime-fighting technology.
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European Union citizens are  overwhelmingly happy with life -- and that's official.
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The EU establishes a new multi-billion-euro agency to fund the brightest new ideas in science.
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Forging a common EU foreign policy is an ambitious project, the BBC's Paul Reynolds reports.
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The prospect of future EU membership became clearer for four countries last week. At a two-day summit in Brussels, EU leaders gave the green light for the signing of entry treaties with Bulgaria and Romania
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The European Commission yesterday presented a proposed revision of the Stability and Growth Pact, the rules that underpin the euro.
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The European Parliament gave its overwhelming endorsement to the European Union's first-ever constitution Wednesday and urged EU governments to quickly follow suit.
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South American leaders create an economic and political bloc modelled on the European Union.
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Good news has been in short supply for Europe&#39;s traditional industrial economies like Germany and France. Growth remains weak, unemployment high, labor markets are still rigid and the euro is soaring, pricing their exports out of the market.
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The European Commission says it will do more to help EU member states handle large flows of migrants.
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The European Commission gave Bulgaria and Romania the go-ahead to join the European Union in January, but with the closest monitoring system ever imposed on new members.
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JosÃ© Manuel Barroso, the new European commission president, offered MEPs a powerful role in reshaping the EU&#39;s political, economic and social agenda and redefining its relations with the world after winning resounding backing for his team yesterday.
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Europe&#39;s integration project is historically unprecedented. For the past millennium, Europe has lived in an uneasy equilibrium, giving birth to every great empire that dominated and pacified the world in the last 500 years.
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By scuttling the new Commission, the European Parliament has finally proved to Brussels and the national capitals that it can bite as well as bark. Why thatÂs good for the E.U.
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DEAR readers, the formal signing of EUâs first constitution is a major step forward in the dream to put in place a unified Europe, but the main task before the leaders now is how
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Europe Minister Dr Denis MacShane today welcomed the European Parliamentâs support for the new EU Commission. âI welcome the European Parliamentâs strong vote for the new Commission today.