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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
From Tony Blair to Herman Van Rompuy, the contenders for top European jobs are overwhelmingly male Right now in Brussels the heads of the 27 national governments of the European Union's member states will be milling around . Gordon Brown will be lobbying for Tony Blair, Herman Van Rompuy will be trying to persuade people he is not as anonymous as many fear, and José Manuel Barroso will be pottering...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Bono called Blair and Brown the 'Lennon and McCartney' of international development. But they have let their fans down Google the word "begrudgery" and you're told it is a " peculiar disease of the Irish which seemingly renders them unable to feel good about the success of their fellows ". In the recent past, I have tested positive for this ailment. The tell-tale symptoms are that...
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
The speaker of the German parliament, an ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel, backs Luxembourg's Jean-Claude Juncker for European Union president, a press report cited him as saying on Friday. "If the criteria for choosing the (EU's) first president are experience, reputation, competence and profile, then we don't need to look any further, because nobody meets these requirements more perfectly than...
Alpha.Sources blog (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
As I am preparing for a tournament this weekend in Sweden I only have time for some random shots, but then again; taking random shots seem to be exactly what the markets are all about at the moment. The first such random shot came from today's release of the GDP figures from Europe which showed, with much fanfare, how the Eurzone (and Europe) is now effectively out of recession. (quote Bloomberg) The...
BONJOUR L'ESTONIE (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Tallinn - Toomas Hendrik Ilves, the incumbent president of the small Baltic state of Estonia, became the latest name Thursday to enter the race for the job of European Council President. The Baltic News Service reported that Prime Minister Andrus Ansip told a news conference in Tallinn: 'I put forward... the name of Toomas Hendrik Ilves as a candidate fit for the position of both president and high...
NEWS AND PROPHECY (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Is the prophesied first beast of revelation emerging from its matrix? EU Summit to Choose President; Van Rompuy Is Favorite… (Update2) By Johan Carlstrom and Jonathan Stearns Bloomberg.com NEWS Nov. 11 (Bloomberg) -- The European Union will hold a summit on Nov. 19 to choose its first president and foreign minister, with Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy and ex- Italian leader Massimo...
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxembourg's prime minister, will be accompanied by Jean-Claude Trichet, the European Central Bank president, and Joaquín Almunia, the EU's economic affairs commissioner, to China
The anger of a Quiet Man (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Didn't take them long, soon after Lisbon was signed they're up and running to take away British representation on the IMF. 'Lisbon Treaty should mean single EU seat on IMF board' Simon Johnson, a former IMF chief economist, said that the passing of the EU’s Lisbon Treaty, should accelerate moves towards a common European position in international economic institutions. The Lisbon Treaty will...
Sunday Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Several prestigious domestic and European job vacancies will be filled in the coming weeks. In Europe, the EU is set to get its first president and Ireland will appoint Charlie McCreevy's successor to the European Commission. At home, two people will be elected to the Seanad, and there may even be a vacant position on the European Court of Auditors in Luxemburg. So where are the vacancies, who are...
Labourlist (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
By Shamik Das / @ShamikDas Will he, won't he? Each day the pendulum swings to and fro on the question of whether or not Tony Blair will become president of the European Council. Yesterday, the odds looked good; today, sadly, it seems marginally less likely, though while still there's hope he must continue to fight. It should be a no-brainer for Labour party members, Britain as a whole and pro-Europeans...
Another Green World (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
The New Spectre Haunting Europe: The ECJ, Trade Union Rights and the British Government organised by The Institute of Employment Rights in association with SERTUC to book your free place, please book at office@ier.org.uk about the conference Nearly two years ago, trade unions faced four hostile decisions from the European Court of Justice. Those decisions – in the Viking, Laval, Ruffert and Luxembourg...
EU Referendum (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
We learn from diverse sources that the Luftwaffe is to join the RAF in a fly-past over London next year to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. The symbolism is of rapprochement but it should not escape notice that, with the constitutional Lisbon treaty in force, there is a deeper symbolism. The Luftwaffe, flying free rein in our skies, will be a fitting and timely reminder that...
The Osterley Times (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Tony Blair's hopes of assuming the presidency of the European Union appeared to be slipping away fast last night as the right wing governments of France and Germany listed the reasons why a British politician was not ideal: "The UK is not in the eurozone, nor in the Schengen [free travel area in the EU] and it has a number of opt outs. These are not advantageous in this search for a candidate."...
EU Referendum (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Tony Blair's chances of becoming the EU's first president were fading tonight, says The Times , as opposition to the move grew across Europe and France and Germany failed to throw their weight behind him. Much as we would like it to happen, as it would give a "face" to our vassal status under the constitutional Lisbon treaty, the thought of that leering visage representing "Europe"...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Climate talks overshadowed by divisive subject of Tony Blair's candidacy to be Europe's first president European government chiefs gather in Brussels this evening for a summit likely to be the first occasion to broach the divisive subject of Tony Blair's candidacy to be Europe's first president. The topic is not formally on the agenda of a meeting that will be dominated by wrangling over climate change...
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jdv-trc | 12/27/2008
With more than 1,000 shops in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and France, the textile discounter has expanded into a trusted and successful chain over the past 40 years. The basic assumption in modernising the Zeeman formula was to chart a safe course: rather than revolutionary solutions, refine the formula in layout and visual identity as well as merchandise mix. The sales tables that...
Agence eMarketing | 10/15/2008
Short briefing of the impact of the financial crisis on personalities like Gordon Brown, Nicolas Sarkozy, Manuel José Barroso, etc.
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