Germany Says Italy's UN Stance Will Hurt Europe
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Germany said on Saturday that Italy's opposition to its campaign for a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council could mean Europe loses out.
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The German government said on Tuesday  U.S. plans to pull out 30,000 troops were a sign of Europe's  divisions being healed, but communities hit by the decision  warned they were headed for economic disaster.
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Italy wants the rest of the Continent to stiffen border patrols and asylum guidelines.
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The EU added its voice to a chorus of international concern over the presence of Rwandan troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that threaten to undermine the fragile peace in the region.
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Germany, the biggest eurozone economy, risks running foul of the EU's tight budget rules again next year, even if Berlin insists it will be able to meet its deficit commitments in 2005, the Bundesbank warned.
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Italy says it will lift anti-terror sanctions on Libya unilaterally if the rest of the EU fails to back the measure next week.
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Italy's Foreign Minister Franco Frattini has slammed the refusal by European lawmakers to endorse Italy's candidate for justice commissioner because of his views on gays as an attack on Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his centre-right government.
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The UN's refugee agency criticises Italy for allegedly turning away  a group of Kurdish asylum seekers from Turkey.
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PARIS - The rejection by several states of the European Union Constitution would sound the death knell for the project of a political Europe, says outgoing European Commission president Romano Prodi.
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Europe expects to overcome  a dispute with the United States blocking the launch of  negotiations on a new climate treaty beyond 2012 at U.N. talks  in Bali, Germany said on the final day on Friday.
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Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema has hinted that the European Union could be forced to withdraw its monitors deployed along the Egypt-Gaza border should the crossing remain closed.
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The European Parliament on Thursday threatened to veto the entire incoming European Union executive commission unless Italy's nominee for Justice Commissioner &#151; who earlier described homosexuality as a sin &#151; was dropped from the list.
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European newspapers on Wednesday focused on controversial designated EU commissioner Rocco Buttiglione, who has sparked an uproar with his strong views on homosexuality and the role of women.
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ELEANOR HALL: The United Nations Refugee agency has criticised the Italian government for the change in its treatment of asylum seekers.
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European nations will boycott U.S.-led climate talks next month unless Washington accepts a range of numbers for negotiating deep reductions of global-warming emissions, Germany's environment minister said Thursday.
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(AGI) - Rome, Italy, Oct 13 - The negative opinion expressed by the Civil Liberties Commission of the European Parliament regarding Rocco Buttiglione, is an attack at Premier Silvio Berlusconi and his government.
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The UN refugee agency condemns the way Italy is handling  boatloads of migrants arriving on its southern outpost.