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Hollande and Merkel concur with Juncker’s master investment plan
Participation of Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, in the EU Parliament plenary session in Strabourg to present the creation of a new EU strategic investment plan on November...
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Germany, Italy, France push EU to tackle tax havens
On Friday, Juncker announced the Commission’s plan to propose a new directive on the automatic exchange of information about tax rulings between EU countries The finance ministers of Germany, Italy and...
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EU parliamentarians question if French budget respite is legal
Joint press conference by Valdis Dombrovskis, Marianne Thyssen and Pierre Moscovici, members of the European commission, and the assessment of 2015 Draft Budgetary Plans / ec.europa.eu Two of the major...
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EU investment plan: In Europe we trust?
Frans Timmermans, first vice president of the European Commission, was the guest at the second Euranet Plus Big Crunch TV debate entitled “EU INVESTMENT PLAN: IN EUROPE WE TRUST?” Following up on the...
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European press roundup: Eurogroup meeting and secret prisons in some EU...
Euranet Plus News Agency Trans-European press review Friday, November 21, 2014 This week, our press review of European media focuses on the Eurozone finance ministers’s meeting (Eurogroup) in Brussels,...
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New revelations confirm huge scale of tax evasion practices in Luxembourg
The swearing-in of the members of the Juncker Commission before the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg on December 10, 2014, was the last stage in the investiture procedure of the new...
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EU fund: 2,000 projects off the starting blocks
On this week’s edition of “U Talking to Me?” two members of the European Parliament (MEPs) warned that the 315-billion-euro investment plan proposed by the European Commission must be fulfilled with...
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EU budget: Unpaid bills may increase in 2015
Silhouette at the European Parliament in Strasbourg in December 2014 The European Parliament approved the 2015 budget on December 17 during the last plenary session of the year in Strasbourg. However,...
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Environmental ministers alarmed
Journalists at work in the European Parliament in Strasbourg on December 16, 2014 The work plan for 2015 that the European Commission presented on Tuesday (16.12.2014) wasn’t met with much enthusiasm...
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Brussels lags behind with approval of key legislation
Jyrki Katainen, Corina Creţu and Gabriel Onaca, her Deputy Head of cabinet (from left to right), went to Bucharest, where they met with Victor Ponta, Romanian Prime Minister, on December 15, 2014 /...
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EU leaders struggle on long-term strategy towards Russia
Matteo Renzi, Donald Tusk and Jean-Claude Juncker (from left to right) at Brussels European Council’s joint press conference on December 18, 2014 Europe must regain self-confidence and go beyond being...
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One Week in Europe: Palestine, Poroshenko and punctual politics
Best festive wishes from the European Parliament in Strasbourg As eurocrats wrapped up their final week before the Christmas holidays, a number of key events made sure they were kept busy. In a...
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EU leaders overcome divisions on Juncker’s investment plan
Italy’s Matteo Renzi (centre) met with Juncker (right) and Tusk at the joint press conference after the EU summit At their last summit of the year on Thursday (December 18) in Brussels, top EU leaders...
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Innovation: The exit to the crisis
Europe needs to once again become a motor of innovation While EU countries tried cutting financing for research and innovation during negotiations for the 2015 EU budget in the autumn, experts insisted...
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Grexit reloaded
And another Euro crisis with Greece’s possible Grexit Syriza does not want Greece to leave the Eurozone, said Kostas Chrysogonos, member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Greek party Coalition...
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Luxleaks: Parliament could still set up a committee of inquiry
Even in far Riga under pressure again: President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker The idea of a parliamentarian inquiry into the Luxleaks revelations is still on the table. So far, 165...
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Brussels announces smarter application of Stability Pact
Jean-Claude Juncker, talking to Jyrki Katainen prior to the weekly Commission meeting at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on January 13 On Tuesday (January 13) Brussels communicated legal details...
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EU news on European digital press: Anti-Semitism in France
Spanish press review for Europe for January 14, 2015 This week the British Guardian explained why some Parisians are not Charlie, while the Portuguese Público highlighted the upcoming Charlie Hebdo...
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Who wins with more flexible economic rules in Europe?
Last week the European Commission had announced its intentions to be more flexible on the Stability and Growth pact, but insisted that the rules would not be modified. Nevertheless, there will be a...
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ECB plans major eurozone investment
Frankfurt at night – ECB building on the left The European Central Bank announced on Thursday (January 22) its quantitative easing programme to revive the European economy and prevent deflation in the...
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