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Tax-News.com: EU President To Push 'Euro Tax'

EU President To Push 'Euro Tax', by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels It has emerged that one of newly-selected EU President Herman Van Rompuy's first actions will be to push for the imposition of an EU-wide tax on financial...

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Herman van Rompuy to visit Latvia as Belgian PM

Herman van Rompuy, recently elected the first European Union president, will visit Latvia December 2 as incumbent Belgian prime minister, the Chas newspaper reported on its website. Van Rompuy, 62, was elected permanent...

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Swedes Backing Opposition Centre-Left Parties

Many people in Sweden are throwing their support behind a coalition of centre-left parties, according to a poll by Sifo published in Svenska Dagbladet. 48.9 per cent of respondents would vote for the alliance encompassing the...

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Reports: Leterme set to return as Belgian premier

Brussels - Yves Leterme was expected to make a comeback as prime minister of Belgium following the appointment of incumbent Herman Van Rompuy as European Union president, Belgian media reported Tuesday. The ruling coalition...

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EU-Ukraine summit to mark new chapter in relations

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The EU aims to give Ukraine a stern warning about financial and political reform at an upcoming summit, as the two sides head into a new, more pragmatic chapter in bilateral relations. In an anecdote...

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Reding warns Spain against internet cut-off

LEIGH PHILLIPS Today @ 09:16 CET EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - EU telecoms chief Viviane Reding has warned that the European Commission would take action against Spain if the government moves to cut the internet access of content...

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Auditors criticise commission's outsourcing policy

VALENTINA POP Today @ 09:22 CET EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS – The EU commission did not properly think through its plan to externalise the management of some EU-funded programmes in the areas of research, education, innovation,...

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MEPs await large extension of powers

HONOR MAHONY Today @ 09:11 CET EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - MEPs are awaiting next week's entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty with impatience as the new institutional rules give the EU assembly a say in an array of new areas,...

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Thoughts on Afghanistan

Thoughts on Afghanistan OpEdNews In the late sixties I was still persuaded by the strategic arguments for our staying in Vietnam and somehow extracting value from our exertions and sacrifices there. But as my draft deferment...

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GMto present restructuring plan this week - Summary

Brussels - General Motors is to present a restructuring plan for its European subsidiary this week, officials said Monday after holding talks in Brussels aimed at averting a subsidies war between the five European Union...

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