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EU Week Ahead: May 27 — June 2
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Next week is a big one for the folks at DG Ecfin (the European Commission's economic and financial affairs branch), who get to engage in their annual nitpicking of European Union countries' weaknesses in the country-specific recommendations. Apart from ...
Van Rompuy sees 'concrete steps' in Turkey's EU bidPublicServiceEurope.com
EU to continue working with Turkey on Syria issue: Rompuywww.worldbulletin.net

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Economic Times
EU likely to remove Hungary from fiscal offenders list: Sources
Economic Times
BUDAPEST: The European Commission is very likely to propose that EU finance ministers remove Hungary from the bloc's list of fiscal offenders next month, web site Bruxinfo.hu reported on Friday, citing several unnamed sources. The Commission's economic ...
Commission will recommend ending EDP for Hungaryportfolio.hu

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Top News from the European Commission 25 May – 21 June 2013
EU News
Recommendations will be made to Member States that are not in a macroeconomic adjustment programme, and a separate recommendation will be made to the euro area as a whole. The recommendations will be endorsed by the ... The meeting will be hosted by ...

Daily Mail
EU Parliament backs calls to defend Euro TV from the US
TBI Vision
In a resolution adopted yesterday, the European Parliament said it was essential for the EU and its member states to “maintain the possibility of preserving and developing their cultural and audiovisual policies, and to do so in the context of their ...
European Parliament Wants TV, Movies Excluded From US Trade TalksHollywood Reporter
European Parliament Moves to Limit Scope of Eventual US Trade DealNew York Times
Growing tension over budget talksEuropean Voice
eNCA -Daily Mail -Liberal Democrat Voice
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Famagusta Gazette
December EU Council an historic landmark for defence in Europe, Minister says
Famagusta Gazette
Defence Minister Fotis Fotiou pointed out today that the December 2013 European Council should be perceived as an historic landmark for boosting the domain of defence in Europe. ... The Minister recalled that during the December 2012 European Council ...

EU/US trade talks: keep Parliament on board, MEPs warn
EU News
“This resolution should now be duly taken into account by the Council and the Commission, as Parliament will only give its final consent if we have a positive outcome for our businesses, workers and citizens”, he added. ... For example, they expect the ...

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Hurriyet Daily News
EU rushes out corporate tax transparency law
Financial Times
An alternative fast-track approach is for EU lawmakers to table amendments to new rules on accounting issues, which are almost agreed and is expected to be voted through by the European Parliament next month. Mr Barnier told the Financial Times: “It is ...
EU moves to crack down on tax avoidanceIrish Times
EU summit on energy security and privacy of bank deposits launched in BrusselsArmenpress.am
UPDATE: EU Steps Up Fight Against Tax Evasion At SummitMNI News
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Understanding Europe
The Economist
THE euro crisis grinds on. But, because markets no longer fear the single currency's immediate break-up, it has faded from the headlines. So this is a sensible moment to debate the direction of the European Union. And a good place to start is by ...

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Kuwait News Agency
EU Parliament calls for referral of Syria to ICC
Kuwait News Agency
It also calls on the European Commission t o present a comprehensive aid package to address the humanitarian crisis in Syria and its neighbouring countries. Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) insist that those responsible for the widespread, ...
MEPs ask for a Syrian political solutionNew Europe

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Phys.Org
New EU climate policy unlikely before 2015: Poland
Phys.Org
The parliament refused to raise the price on greenhouse gas emission quotas in April to avoid further burdening heavy industries in Europe already feeling the effects of the eurozone crisis. The European Commission revealed last week that the EU's ...
Foreign policy: Poland eyes lead EU role despite euro delaysFinancial Times

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Cyprus Mail
Cyprus President satisfied with EU positive feedback
Financial Mirror
According to the Cyprus President, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, appeared to regard under a positive light Cyprus' request for an increase in financial help in the context of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). ... He further ...
Schulz calls for 'spirit of solidarity' towards Cyprus as Anastasiades attends ...Cyprus Mail
European Parliament Speaker wants more EU funds sent to CyprusFamagusta Gazette
President of the European Commission Statement by President Barroso ...DeHavilland (subscription) (press release)

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The European Commission, French President Hollande accelerate austerity
World Socialist Web Site
Faced with recession in France, the Hollande government and the EU Commission are echoing the demands of the international financial markets, speeding up attacks on the social gains of workers to make the economy more profitable. During his press ...

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Irish Times
European Commission to revamp bank bailout rules
Irish Times
So far, creditor “haircuts” have largely been forced on countries receiving EU rescue funds, raising fears in Brussels that, without common standards, bank bondholders in economically strong member states will be treated more leniently during a crisis ...

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Presseurop (English)
Germany takes bilateral paths to tackle EU jobs crisis
Reuters UK
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is banking on bilateral deals to fight record youth unemployment in the euro zone, agreeing to cooperate with several countries to bypass pan-European bureaucracy. On Wednesday, Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble and ...
Youth unemployment: The 'lost generation' left by the waysidePresseurop (English)
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euronews
European Union Leaders Meet on Tax Avoidance
New York Times
BRUSSELS — European Union leaders gathered here Wednesday for a one-day meeting focused on tax avoidance, amid mounting indignation over reports that American companies including Apple had sheltered profits in member states like Ireland. Enlarge This ...
Progress reported on EU plans for crackdown on tax fraudRTE.ie
Apple tax avoidance looms over EU summitEuropean Voice
Ireland pledges co-operation on global tax avoidance planFinancial Times
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BBC News
EU summit on energy security and privacy of bank deposits launched in Brussels
Armenpress.am
Neither should one expect revolutionary changes outside the accords reached at ECOFIN (EU Council of Economics and Finance), he said, thereby cooling the optimism of European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso who had earlier called for declaring ...
European Union Leaders Meet on Tax AvoidanceNew York Times
EU Investment Bank Sees $2.1 Billion Penalty of Transaction TaxBloomberg
EU leaders in drive against tax evasion at Brussels summitBBC News
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Bloomberg
Iceland Freezes EU Plans as New Government Shuns Euro Crisis
Bloomberg
... 2013-05-22T10:03:31Z. Iceland's new government is turning its back on the European Union and will shelve accession talks that started in 2010 as the nation seeks to protect its economic recovery from the debt crisis. ... Iceland, which in 2008 ...
Iceland leader snubs EU membershipEUobserver.com

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Reuters UK (blog)
The European Union's unending quandary
Reuters UK (blog)
In the Netherlands, a TV show persuaded the country's deputy finance minister, Frans Weekers, to watch clips of Bulgarians boasting about how they had defrauded his country's government of welfare benefits. ... “[S]ince the beginning of the euro crisis ...
No, Argentina is not a 'cautionary tale' for the eurozoneThe Guardian
Should the City move to Frankfurt?thenewfederalist.eu
Europe's Ghosts Are Here to StayHuffington Post (blog)
Businessweek -Deutsche Welle -The Market Oracle
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New Europe
Easier access to EU funds for crisis-hit countries
New Europe
The two countries should see this as an incentive to strengthen their reform and investment efforts.” The measures for allowing an easier access to EU funds for crisis-hit countries will not be sent to the European Parliament and the EU's Council of ...

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EU News
MFF negotiations: "Let us look beyond purely inter institutional dimension of ...
EU News
Therefore I urge both Council and Parliament to look beyond the purely inter institutional dimension of these negotiations. Millions of beneficiaries of EU funds await an agreement: small and medium enterprises, medical research labs, towns and regions ...
3240th Council meeting General AffairsDeHavilland (subscription) (press release)

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