EU Presidency

Czech EU presidency depends on Lisbon treaty - Poettering

Pöttering: Úspěch předsednictví ČR závisí na lisabonské smlouvě Prague - The success of Czech EU presidency will much depend on whether the Czech Republic will manage to ratify the Lisbon treaty, President of the European...

News: Czechs start EU events - Euro Watch

By Prague Post staffDec. 4andndash;5 The first official act of the Czech presidency will take place in the _ofandiacute;n Palace, where Prime Minister Mirek Topolandaacute;nek and Deputy Prime Minister Alexandr Vondra are...

CHINA HIGH PROFILE SNUB TO FRANCE OVER DALAI LAMA

Summits are a dime a dozen these days. So it is tempting to shrug off the announcement on November 26th that China pulled out of an EU-China summit, at less than a week’s notice. But China’s high-profile snub — aimed at...

Charlemagne: Grumpy Uncle Vaclav

It is wrong of other European Union countries to dump on the Czechs’ EU presidencyA LUNCH for European Union ambassadors to the Czech Republic, hosted by France’s man in Prague, sounds like a most agreeable affair: clever...

EU offers closer ties with ex-Soviet states (AFP)

BRUSSELS (AFP) - The European Commission on Wednesday proposed closer ties with Georgia, Ukraine and other ex-Soviet states, but denied it was seeking a "sphere of influence" in Moscow's former fiefdom.

Italy hopes Czechs will sign Lisbon treaty soon

Italy hopes that the Czech Republic will ratify the Lisbon treaty as soon as possible and that Czechs will be an organic part of the EU during their EU presidency, Gianfranco Fini, chairman of the Italian Chamber of Deputies,...

UPDATE 2-France proposes EU coal compromise -draft

By Gerard Wynn POZNAN, Poland, Dec 3 (Reuters) - France wants a slew of exemptions to cut carbon costs for east European power producers and heavy industry, as the holder of the EU presidency tries to nail agreement on wider...

CEA urges discussions on Solvency II stalemate

BRUSSELS, Belgium— The Comite Europeen des Assurances has called for constructive discussions to break the stalemate on Solvency II now that the European Union's finance ministers have supported a version of the text that...

Slovenia "blackmailing" Croatia

Croatia is jeopardizing Slovenian national interests and should meet its conditions first before Slovenia approves further EU integration, says Slovenia's PM. Speaking to European Parliamentary Speaker Hans Gert Poettering...

Czech opposition not to support government without Lisbon treaty

Bez Lisabonu ČSSD nepodpoří vládu v době předsednictví Prague - The Czech government of Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek cannot rely on the support of the opposition at the time of the Czech EU presidency if the EU reform Lisbon...

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