Sunday 12 July 2009

eu reform treaty

Greece - MFA - Speech of FM Ms. Bakoyannis at the Parliamentary ...
ISRIA - France
In the fall, Ireland will vote again on the Reform Treaty. The Irish people will decide on the pace that they want the European Union to follow. ...
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Keep politicians out of the chocolate purity fuss « Alf Grumble
By Alf Grumble
The division between the EU nations is mainly caused by the desire to protect their respective industry interests. However, the proposed directive implies severe economic, social and environmental consequences for developing countries. About a year later, a triumph for ... The parliament passed the proposed new chocolate regulations, which allow products with as much as 5 percent vegetable fats — other than cocoa butter — to be called chocolate. If the measure gets final ...
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EU law 'is threat to pensions'
This is Money - UK
'The directive will prevent investment in any funds run by nonEuropean Union managers. Essentially this will bar any investment in global funds. ...
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Neil Clark: Wallies of the Week: Boris Johnson and Daniel Hannan
By Neil Clark
If the proposed EU directive on hedge funds goes through, London will go the way of Bruges, Venice and Amsterdam: a once dominant financial entrepĂ´t sidelined by more virile cities. What a load of Castor and Pollox. Johnson and Hannan and other ... Sick of their special pleading that they should not suffer the regulation proposed by Brussels and will flee the country, supposedly taking billions in tax revenue with them. Sick of politicians - Johnson on the right and Paul ...
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Times of Malta
Cheaper EU mobile roaming expected to boost use
Times of Malta - Valletta,Malta
Mobile operators expect Maltese travellers to make more calls and increase data usage now that the new roaming rates in line with EU directives came into ...
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