Friday, 2 March 2012

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EU boosts cooperation with Vietnam
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This is the first visit to Vietnam by a high-ranking EU external official since the EEAS was established after the Lisbon Treaty on EU reform took effect on Dec. 1, 2009. During his Vietnam visit, O'Sullivan met with National Assembly Chairman Nguyen ...
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Leaders' comments from European Union summit
Reuters
Following are comments from before Thursday night's talks: GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL ON FISCAL COMPACT: "We will first sign the fiscal treaty. That is an important step. We have shown a capacity to act towards a stability union of the EU.
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Sturdy competence has earned Kenny respect in EU
Irish Times
From Europe, the intervention is seen to be proceeding well. Daunting fiscal targets have been met and the reform programme is more or less on track. In the shadow of the chaotic effort to keep Greece afloat and the haphazard Portuguese bailout, ...
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EU leaders weigh austerity against growth
Business Day
... breathing space to focus on structural economic reforms and other ways to fight record unemployment. Leaders of 25 countries will sign a German-driven fiscal compact treaty today to enforce EU deficit-cutting and debt-reduction rules more strictly.
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Friday Newspaper Review - - Irish Business News - - March 02, 2012
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The Irish Times reports that Taoiseach Enda Kenny will sign the European StabilityTreaty along with 24 other European Union leaders at a ceremony in Brussels this morning. Due to this week's decision to hold a referendum on the matter, ...
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EU wrestles with balance between austerity and growth
EurActiv
Leaders of 25 of the 27 countries will sign a German-driven fiscal compact treaty on Friday to enforce EU deficit-cutting and debt reduction rules more strictly. But without a return to growth several European countries risk entering the same spiral of ...
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Leaders' comments from European Union summit
Baltimore Sun
"We will first sign the fiscal treaty. That is an important step. We have shown a capacity to act towards a stability union of the EU. It is a qualitatively new step because it make possible a political union. So I am happy that the majority of EU ...
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EU leaders hand Van Rompuy 2nd term as Council president, also name him head ...
Washington Post
BRUSSELS — Two and a half years ago, when European Union leaders were choosing the first president of the European Council, they faced a choice: Would they choose their leader or their clerk? Would the post be filled by former British Prime Minister ...
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