Tag: EU

Government Organization

European Union

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Statements

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2009-12-31 GDP in Spain fell by 1% in the last three months of 2008.
2009-03-10 The European Commission authorized a genetically modified type of oilseed rape (called T45), allowing the resumption of imports from Canada.
The approved oilseed rape is allowed for food and animal feed and import and processing in the European Union (EU).
No authorization was given for planting in the EU.
2008-12-31 GDP in France fell by 1.2% in the last three months of 2008.
2008-12-31 GDP in Germany fell by 2.1% in the last three months of 2008, following drops (albeit less alarming ones) in the previous two quarters.
2008-12-31 GDP in the euro-area fell by 1.5% in the last three months of 2008.
2008-12-13 GDP in Italy fell by 1.8% in the last three months of 2008
2008-10-15 "I consider Russia to be a Western country and my plan is for the Russian Federation to be able to become a member of the European Union in the coming years."
-- Silvio Berlusconi,Italian Prime Minister, told reporters in Brussels he arrived for an EU summit
2008-10-08 The Czech Republic "supports an unconditional EU accession for Turkey. Privileged partnership or such formulas cannot be accepted.
[...]
Any candidate country which complies with the criteria should have the rights to become an EU member.
[...]
This is how the union can strengthen security, prosperity and stability."
-- Mirek Topolanek, Czech Prime Minister, told a joint press conference in Ankara with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan during his official visit to Turkey.
2008-10 EU is now richer than the USA.
2008-07-11 In Brussels, Belgium a donor conference for Kosovo saw pledges of a total of 1.2 billion euro.
-- According to Pierre Mirel, European Commission director for Western Balkans

The EU and its member countries pledged a total of 800 million euro and the US 225 million euro. Germany pledged 100 million euro, the UK 28 million pounds sterling, Switzerland 47 million euro, Luxembourg 25.5 million euro, Italy 13 million euro, France 2.3 million euro, Slovenia 500 000 euro and Bulgaria 500 000 euro.

The George Soros Foundation pledged 500 000 euro in aid for the Roma community in Kosovo.

Arguments

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2008-06-10Russia becomes member of the EU












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