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***** EUobserver.com - 31.01.2012 ************************* ***** THE NEWS *************************************** 1. Czechs abandon EU fiscal pact, for now - 31/01/2012 01:13:59 ----------------------------------------------------------- The new EU treaty on fiscal discipline will be signed by 25 instead of 26 member states after the Czech Republic joined the UK in staying out. http://euobserver.com/19/115080 2. Merkel downplays budget tsar idea - 31/01/2012 01:15:00 ------------------------------------------------------------ German leader Angela Merkel on Monday spoke of her "frustration" at the slow pace of reform in Greece but avoided direct talk of imposing fiscal control from Brussels, an idea her French counterpart called undemocratic. http://euobserver.com/19/115081 3. EU pushes Arab plan for regime change in Syria - 31/01/2012 00:57:24 ------------------------------------------------------------ EU leaders have urged the UN Security Council to adopt an Arab League plan for getting rid of Syrian leader Bashar Assad. http://euobserver.com/24/115082 4. EU leaders differ on special budget tsar for Greece - 30/01/2012 16:15:25 ------------------------------------------------------------ EU leaders have given a mixed response to Germany's radical idea to have an EU commissioner take over Greece's fiscal policy, with Chancellor Merkel saying she hoped to avoid a "controversial" discussion in favour of a "successful" one. http://euobserver.com/19/115069 ***** LATEST BLOG POSTS ***************** >From Twitter Revolution to Twitter Democracy / Inside Arab Spring http://blogs.euobserver.com/debeuf/?p=45 Election not acclamation / The Fox Edition http://blogs.euobserver.com/fox/?p=26 Merkel's political union / Behind the Scenes http://blogs.euobserver.com/mahony/?p=1540