EU defers action on stability pact reform
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European Union finance ministers wrestled with a proposal to overhaul an ineffective set of budget rules, but faced with lingering differences they postponed concrete action until January at the earliest.
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BUDAPEST, Aug 15 (IPS) - The European Union has agreed on a document to  reform itself institutionally, but Brussels is beginning to  understand it will have to get used to tough opposition from some  of its Eastern European member states.
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European Union leaders headed for a showdown on Thursday over the latest bid to overhaul the bloc's creaking institutions, but chances of agreement may be rising after chief critic Poland softened its tone.
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LONDON (CP) - The European Union's political machinery was thrown into reverse on Wednesday as the new president of the European Commission backed down from a vote on his proposed cabinet over a controversial Italian commissioner.
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Poland softened its tone on the eve of  a crucial European Union summit due to launch negotiations on a  reform of the bloc&#39;s institutions but Britain angered its  partners by trying to gut foreign policy provisions.
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European Union leaders struggled to narrow their differences on Thursday on a reform treaty for the 27-nation bloc and said it was too soon to tell whether they could reach a deal at a two-day summit.
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Poland softened its tone on the eve of a crucial European Union summit due to launch negotiations on a reform of the bloc's institutions but Britain angered its partners by trying to gut foreign policy provisions.
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European Union leaders clinched a landmark climate change accord on Friday cbut postponed the thorny task of setting mandatory renewable energy goals for each member country to meet.
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The French parliament ratified a European  Union reform treaty to overhaul the bloc's institutions on  Friday, nearly three years after France rejected a planned EU  constitution in a referendum.
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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 European Commission on Friday suggested ways of revamping the EUâs Stability and Growth Pact and said change was vital to restoring the credibility of its much-flouted budget discipline rules.
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European Union leaders were to resume debate Friday on a package of sorely-needed reforms after failing to bridge major differences overnight, with Britain and Poland notably resisting an agreement.
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The president-elect of the European Commission has withdrawn his proposed EU executive team to avoid an unprecedented European Parliament defeat, plunging the 25-nation bloc into political turmoil.
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Russia suspended its participation in a key pact limiting military forces in Europe on Saturday, amid deteriorating relations with the West on a range of fronts.
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Poland softened its public tone on the eve of a crucial European Union summit due to launch negotiations on a reform of the bloc's institutions but Britain angered its partners by trying to gut foreign policy provisions.
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The EU Commission crisis prompts Russia to postpone this week's talks with EU leaders.
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Bowing to the inevitable -- following persistent breaches of the rules by the eurozone&#39;s two most powerful members, Germany and France -- Brussels announced plans that would make the pact less rigid.