Gov't claims veto victory on security at EU summit
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The government was claiming victory at the summit of European Union leaders here after seeing off a threat to national vetoes over justice and security matters.
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The European Parliament on Wednesday approved a controversial report accusing Britain, Germany, Italy and other European nations of turning a blind eye to CIA flights transporting terrorism suspects to secret prisons in an apparent breach of EU human rights standards.
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Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett is criticised for not explaining the government's Europe policy to MPs.
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The government has braced Monday for the start of a bruising battle to ratify a controversial new European treaty, dismissing demands for a referendum likely to reject the pact.
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The European Union is not ready to lift its arms embargo on China, according to a senior EU minister.
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LONDON -- The European Union threw its weight behind Britain yesterday in a dispute with Russia over its refusal to extradite a man suspected of killing a former KGB agent in London last year.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Thursday European Union leaders might be able to overcome Polish threats of a veto and agree at a bloc summit next week on the drawing up of a new EU treaty.
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Â· Tusk government aims to join euro within five years Â· Defeated leader's twin retains veto as president
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The European Union's foreign policy chief denied Thursday that he recently met with the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which the EU has blacklisted as a terrorist organization.
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Foreign secretary vows government will not bow to calls for referendum on EU treaty.
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MESEBERG, Germany  - German Chancellor Angela Merkel failed on Saturday to persuade Poland to drop its threat to veto talks on a new European Union treaty.
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The Russian Foreign Ministry has inquired the Netherlands about the differences found in the text of the joint statement following the Russia-EU summit, said official spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry ...
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European Union leaders clinched agreement on Saturday on a detailed mandate for a new treaty to overhaul the 27-nation bloc after persuading Poland to end a stand-off that nearly torpedoed their summit.
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A European Union panel has doubts about the legality of a Bush administration program that monitors international financial transactions, the groupÂs leader said.
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Ministers play down speculation Tony Blair could be offered the job of president of the European Council.
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European commissioner Peter Mandelson on Sunday denied being involved in discussions over the alleged coup plot in Equatorial Guinea as the Conservatives began to put pressure on the British government over ...
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Bulgaria's President Georgi Parvanov on Monday vetoed a newly passed law on political parties saying it unfairly treated parliamentary and extra-parliamentary groups by different standards.