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Eurozone debt crisis tops European Parliament agenda this week
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- Eurozone debt crisis tops European Parliament agenda this week
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- 2:31
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS After a summer of market turmoil, MEPS touch base with some of the key players in solving the Eurozone sovereign debt crisis this week, President of the Eurogroup Jean-Claude Juncker, Minister of Finance of Poland Jacek Rostowski, EU Commissioner for Economics Oli Rehn and head of the European Central Bank Jean-Claude Trichet.
By Méabh Mc Mahon
http://euobserver.com/
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- Economic woes chill the Spanish summer
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- 3:44
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- EUOBSERVER / VALENCIA (23 August) The Spanish financial crisis has been dragging on since 2009 so it is no surprise that it has touched the lives of the majority of the population. Under severe pressure from the financial markets, Spain introduced new measures again this week to kick start it's sluggish economy. But will they work? Locals from the East Coast of Spain are skeptical. In this video, they open up and share their opinions with EUobserver.
By Méabh Mc Mahon and Laura Ribes
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- Not easy to control the missue of chemicals, says counter terrorism expert
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- 1:03
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS (29 July) At an emergency meeting about counter terrorism in Brussels, the EU expert Timothy Jones explains to press how difficult it is to control the misuse of chemicals.
By Méabh Mc Mahon
For more http://euobserver.com/9/32666
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- ''Al Shabab is like a dragon with many heads", says EU aid Commissioner
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- 1:28
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS (27 July) "We are increasing by two and a half times funding for the Horn of Africa", says European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid Kristalina Georgieva during her four day trip to the Horn of Africa where she visited refugee camps in Dadaab, Northern Kenya, that are hosting over 380,000 mostly Somalian refugees that have been forced to flee to escape the severe drought.
By Méabh Mc Mahon
http://euobserver.com/
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- The Greek people are proud people, says prime minister
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- 0:54
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS (22 July) The prime minister of Greece welcomes the conclusions of the extraordinary summit assuring that the Greek people were "industrious and creative".
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- A day in the life of a Brussels correspondent
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- 4:40
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS (July 21) Spend a day in the life of the Polish broadcast journalist Dorota Bawolek. The 29 year old EU correspondent for Polsat TV starts her day at 6am when she broadcasts live from her home-made studio in Brussels and ends whenever her and her camera man have communicated all the top news of the day, no matter how late that may be. "My boyfriend wants to break up with me as I am working too much", says Dorota, whose workload has increased since Poland took over the EU presidency of the Council on July 1st.
By Méabh Mc Mahon
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- Al-Assads days are numbered, says Syrian opposition
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- 1:34
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS (13 July) "You can't make dialogue with a killer ", says Syrian human rights lawyer Haitham al-Maleh after speaking to the European Parliament's foreign affairs committee. As Ramadan approaches, the 79 year-old activist says Al Assad's days are numbered.
By Méabh Mc Mahon
http://euobserver.com/
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- MEPS talk about EU -the current state of the European project
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- 13:35
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- EUOBSERVER / STRASBOURG (6 July) - The euro and the border-free Schengen area: two of EU´s major achievements have been under severe strain this year. What are the consequences of the euro crisis and the moves to re-establish border checks on the future of the European project? What effect is this having on the mood of European citizens?
In this video, the eurosceptic Danish MEP Morten Messerschmidt and the pro-EU Bulgarian MEP Andrey Korvechev share their thoughts about the current state of the European project.
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- EU heading in 'wrong direction', French citizens say
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- 2:30
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- EUOBSERVER / STRASBOURG (7 July) - This week, whilst taking over the presidency of the European Council, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk used a plate of strawberries as a symbol of his country's "fresh and energetic" approach to the European Union, currently in a rather pessimistic mood. In order to find out whether this pessimistic mood is being felt on the streets of Europe, EUobserver talks to some commuters in Strasbourg and a local taxi driver.
By Méabh Mc Mahon
http://euobserver.com/
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- A coffee with Ines Ayala Sender about new laws for drivers
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- 3:30
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- EUOBSERVER / STRASBOURG (6 July) Drivers caught for offences outside their own country will soon have to face the music. According to new legislation approved this week, those caught speeding, crashing red lights or drink-driving in another member state will be held liable. Spanish Socialist MEP Ines Ayala Sender guided the legislation through the European Parliament.
By Méabh Mc Mahon
http://euobserver.com/
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- EU has big financial commitment to DRC in upcoming elections says Congolese politician
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- 3:54
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- EUOBSERVER / STRASBOURG (6 July) - "We want to avoid a post-electoral situation like in the Ivory Coast," says Congolese MP Medard Mulangala, who heads the main opposition party in Congo, the Union for a Republican Majority. Tipped as a major candidate in the presidential elections due in November, the Congolese politician is in Strasbourg this week for talks with MEPs about EU funds being allocated to the Democratic Republic of Congo to ensure smooth and transparent elections.
By Méabh Mc Mahon
http://euobserver.com/
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- European Parliament backs brand new EU food labelling
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- 3:37
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- EUOBSERVER / STRASBOURG (6 July) In the future, food labels on any product for sale in an EU supermarket will have to display all the food's energy content, fat, carbohydrate and sugar. Labels will even be in the language of the country where the food products are from. Consumers will know exactly what they are eating says German MEP from the EPP group Renate Sommer, the lady who chaired the negotiations for the last three years.
By Méabh Mc Mahon
http://euobserver.com/
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- Gaza flotilla was sabotaged by Israel claims Irish MEP
- Runtime
- 3:50
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- EUOBSEVER / EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT / STRASBOURG (5 July) Two boats were sabotaged whilst trying to sail to Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid last week says Irish Socialist MEP Paul Murphy who was aboard the Irish freedom flotilla ship Saorise.
By Méabh Mc Mahon
http://euobserver.com/
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- EU palestinian envoy expresses outrage for lack of support for freedom flotilla
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- 4:38
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS (29 June) At the UN international conference on the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process, the Palestinian Ambassador to the EU Leila Shalid expresses her outrage at Catherine Ashton's reluctance to support to freedom flotilla.
By Méabh Mc Mahon
http://euobserver.com/
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- Roma rights still neglected in the EU
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- 0:51
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS (30 June) Although the European Commission has a relatively new Roma integration strategy, the director of the European Roma Rights Centre Robert Kushen questions whether they will follow through with it and demand real action from from member states to address Roma exclusion.
By Méabh Mc Mahon
http://euobserver.com/
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- Rivers have the potential to integrate says German ambassador to Serbia
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- 1:44
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- EUOBSERVER / BELGRADE (25 June) Rivers have the potential to integrate, says German ambassador to Serbia whilst on a cruise down the river Danube. The floating conference discussed the limits of cross-border co-operation in a region where the river once represented the "Iron Curtain".
Read full story here http://euobserver.com/9/32567
Valentina Pop reports
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- Sarkozy throws his support behind Mario Draghi as next ECB president
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- 0:50
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS (June 24) President of France Nicolas Sarkzoy throws his support behind the Italian Mario Draghi as the next president of the European Central Bank whilst briefing journalists at a European Council meeting in Brussels.
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- Serbia will never recognise Kosovo says Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister
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- 6:08
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS (22 June) During the inauguration of the EU representation office of the Serbian City of NIš in Brussels, the foreign affairs minister of Serbia talks to Euobserver about Kosovo, war crimes and visa liberalization.
By Méabh Mc Mahon & Valentina Pop
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- MEPs talk about EU, the financial & social crisis in Greece
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- 13:27
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS (22 June) With the vote of confidence passed, the Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou now has the political authority to try to implement even more austerity measures in Greece as requested by the EU & IMF. But what about the people on the streets of Greece who are unable to make ends meet? And what about the contagion effect of Greek debt on the rest of the Eurozone? Should Greece leave the euro?
Members of the European Parliament Jorgo Chatzimarkakis from the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Eeurope, Nikolaos Chountis from the European United Left and Peter Van Dalen from the European Conservatives and Reformists answer these questions and offer their opinion on their solutions to the Greek sovereign debt crisis.
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- Poles get ready to take over the presidency of the European Council
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- 3:02
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- EUOBSERVER / WARSAW (19 June 2011) On the eve of the Polish Presidency of the European Council, young Poles express their thoughts and priorities for their country's 6 months at the helm.
By Méabh Mc Mahon
http://euobserver.com/
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- A coffee with MEP Paul Murphy about the freedom flotilla to Gaza
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- 5:38
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS (16 June 2011) There is a 50% chance our mission will be successful, says Irish MEP Paul Murphy one week before he boards the freedom flotilla that will take humanitarian aid to Gaza.
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- A coffee with the Director of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency
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- 6:04
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS (15 June 2011) " Efforts to achieve equality and fight discrimination must step up in EU member states", director of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights Morten Kjaerum said in Brussels this week when presenting the annual report on fundamental rights in the EU.
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- EU's credibility at stake since Arab Spring, says EU Mediterranean expert
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- 3:40
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS (14 June 2011) "The EU's neighbourhood policy has failed", researcher and senior lecturer from the University of Birmingham Michelle Pace said to the European Commissioner for enlargement Stefan Fuele in the European Parliament today. According to the expert on EU-Mediterranean relations, "the EU is very good at concepts" but weak on action, especially with regard to recent events in North Africa.
By Méabh Mc Mahon
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- A coffee with the President of Croatia Ivo Josipović
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- 4:33
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS (7 June 2011) The President of Croatia Ivo Josipović is in Brussels this week for the World Copyright Summit. Before giving a key note speech about copyrights and culture, the head of state who is also a music composer talks to EUobserver about his relations with Brussels and the final steps of EU accession talks.
Read full story here http://euobserver.com/9/32450
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- A coffee with Pervenche Berès about the financial crisis
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- 6:31
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS (26 May 2011) - The European Union must double its budget if it wants to invest in ares like research and energy - this is the latest conclusion of the European Parliament's report on the financial crisis. The French Socialist MEP Pervenche Berès has the job of convincing member states that this is the right way to go. "We need a new growth model that is more sustainable", she says.
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- A coffee with Ana Gomes about the stalemate in Libya
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- 9:09
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS (31 May 2011) "The European Union can and should do more to help those who are fighting against the tyrant (Muammar Gaddafi)," says Portuguese MEP Ana Gomes. The Socialist MEP, who is just back from visiting Libya, welcomes the establishment of an EU office in Benghazi but believes the rebels need more support from the EU.
In this video, she tells EUobserver how Gaddafi is "busy running around hiding" while his wife and daughter are in Tunisia and calls EU governments "ridiculous" for complaining about migrants arriving in Tunisia. "It is outrageous that EU governments are making such a fuss about this small number of people," she says.
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- A coffee with Raül Romeva i Rueda about the impact of the Spanish revolution on Europe
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- 6:14
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS (26 May 2011) The "Real Democracy Now" movement in Spain is a "huge civilization revolution", says the Green Catalan MEP Raul Romeva. In this video, he shares his enthusiasm with EUobserver for this "huge wave that is going to effect all member states for sure".
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- A coffee with Marta Andreasen about whistle blowing
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- 7:01
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS (26 May 2011) - "If whistle blowers felt comfortable to speak up.... it would have prevented this crisis from occurring". This is the opinion of Marta Andreasen, the conservative MEP from the Europe for Freedom and Democracy Group in the European Parliament.
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- Israeli finance minister links EU support for Palestine to Anti-Semitism
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- 1:32
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS (24 May 2011) Speaking to the EUobserver at a celebration to mark the 63rd anniversary of the creation of Israel in Brussels, the Finance Mnister Yuval Steinitz suggests that it is "an old European tradition for 2000 years to blame the Jews".
Read full story here http://euobserver.com/9/32393
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- Spanish youth protest in Brussels
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- 2:42
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS (20 May 2011) 'Real Democracy Now', the organisation behind the Spanish protests relied on social networking to spread its message meaning that the May 15 Movement spread to many European cities. In this video, young Spaniards residing in Brussels gather in-front of the Spanish embassy in Belgium to articulate their message.
By Méabh Mc Mahon
Read full story here http://euobserver.com/9/32374
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- Catherine Ashton inaugarates EU office in Benghazi
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- 4:18
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- EUOBSERVER (22 May 2011) - EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton visits the rebel capital Benghazi to officially inaugurate the new EU's office and call on Gaddafi to step down.
Read full story here http://euobserver.com/
Credit © European Union, 2011
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- Greenpeace stunt at European business summit
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- 3:34
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS (18 May 2011) Talks at the 9th European Business Summit in Brussels were delayed by a half an hour on the opening day (18 May) by some 170 Greenpease activists that were blocking access to the venue. The activists singled out a number of companies as laggards, because they do not support a 30% emission reduction target for Eurpe by 2020 compared to 1990 levels. Other companies such as Google, Unilever, Danone, Philips and Allianz were branded as leaders because they have committed to the target.
Read full story here http://euobserver.com/9/32356
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- A day in the life of David O'Sullivan
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- 8:28
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS (10 May 2011) Watch a day in the professional life of David O'Sullivan. Having worked in the European institutions for over 30 years, today the seasoned EU civil servant is the chief operating officer in the EU's diplomatic service, the EEAS. In this video, he talks to EUobserver about his past, his present, his relations with Catherine Ashton and the impact of the EU on his native Ireland.
Read full story here http://euobserver.com/9/32315
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- EU Foreign Affairs chief addresses MEPS in Strasbourg
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- 3:52
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS (11 May 2011) Speaking to MEPS in a plenary session in the EP in Strasbourg (11 May), the head of the European External Action Service Catherine Ashton tells MEPS that democracy-building in north Africa, the Middle East peace process and counter terrorism are her top priorities for the rest of the year.
Read full story here http://euobserver.com/9/32312
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- A coffee with migration expert Yves Pascouau about the EU border free Schengen area
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- 5:06
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS (11 May 2011) "The possibility to restore internal border checks is an EU question" says migration expert Yves Pascouau. The anaylst from the think thank, the European Policy Centre spent the last ten years researching EU migration and welcomes the European Commissions' decision this week to protect the free-movement Schengen area.
European Union interior ministers will take up the issue in Brussels (12 May) in the company of EU Justice Commissioner Cecilia Malström.
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- Legal jungle for cross-border same-sex couples in EU
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- 3:05
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - (3 May 2011) The EU has done a lot in harmonizing cucumbers so why can't it do more for same sex cross border couples? This is the opinion of the 37-year-old Kaisa. The Finnish national was in the European Parliament in Brussels on 3 May speaking at a seminar about the 'Free Movement of Same-sex Families in the EU'. Although she has been living in Paris with her partner for the last 15 years, France does not recognise her partner as a parent and FInland does not recognise her French same-sex union.
The conference in the European Parliament was organised by the Dutch MEP Sophie in't Veld in collaboration with ALDE,the European Parliaments Intergroup on LGBT Rights and ILGA-Europe
Read full story here http://euobserver.com/890/31147
For more on LGTB rights http://euobserver.com/890
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- Philippe Grand at the Ernst & Young Innovation summit
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- 0:57
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS (4 MAY 2011) How can Europe be more innovative? At the first ever Government and Innovation Summit in Brussels on 4 May organised by Ernst & Young, Philippe Grand answers this question.
Watch whole conference here http://go.eventdrive.be/eygovernmentinnovationsummit/
Read more here http://euobserver.com/9/32274
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- Alessandro Cenderello at the Ernst & Young innovation Summit
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- 0:29
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS (4 MAY 2011) How can Europe be more innovative? At the first ever Government and Innovation Summit in Brussels on 4 May organised by Ernst & Young, Alessandro Cenderello answers this question.
Watch full conference here http://go.eventdrive.be/eygovernmentinnovationsummit/
Read more here http://euobserver.com/9/32274
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- Michel Praet at the Ernst & Young Innovation Summit
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- 0:33
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS (4 MAY 2011) How can Europe be more innovative? At the first ever Government and Innovation Summit in Brussels on 4 May organised by Ernst & Young, Michael Praet answers this question.
Watch whole conference here http://go.eventdrive.be/eygovernmentinnovationsummit/
Read more here http://euobserver.com/9/32274
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- Marc Descheemaecker at the Ersnt & Young Innovation summit
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- 1:04
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS (4 MAY 2011) How can Europe be more innovative? At the first ever Government and Innovation Summit in Brussels on 4 May organised by Ernst & Young, Marc Descheemaecker answers this question.
Watch whole conference here http://go.eventdrive.be/eygovernmentinnovationsummit/
Read more here http://euobserver.com/9/32274
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- President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy at the Innovation Summit
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- 0:24
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS (4 MAY 2011) How can Europe be more innovative? At the first ever Government and Innovation Summit in Brussels on 4 May organised by Ernst & Young, the President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy delivers a key note speech.
Watch whole conference here http://go.eventdrive.be/eygovernmentinnovationsummit/
Read more here http://euobserver.com/9/32274
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- Gerard Van Santen at the Ernst & Young Innovation Summit
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- 0:26
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS (4 MAY 2011) How can Europe be more innovative? At the first ever Government and Innovation Summit in Brussels on 4 May organised by Ernst & Young, Gerard Van Santen answers this question.
Watch whole conference here http://go.eventdrive.be/eygovernmentinnovationsummit/
Read more here http://euobserver.com/9/32274
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- Geert Noels at the Ernst & Young Innovation Summit
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- 0:41
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS (4 MAY 2011) How can Europe be more innovative? At the first ever Government and Innovation Summit in Brussels on 4 May organised by Ernst & Young, Geert Noels answers this question.
Watch whole conference here http://go.eventdrive.be/eygovernmentinnovationsummit/
Read more here http://euobserver.com/9/32274
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- Christian Saublens at the Ernst & Young Innovation Summit
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- 1:01
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS (4 MAY 2011) How can Europe be more innovative? At the first ever Government and Innovation Summit in Brussels on 4 May organised by Ernst & Young, the CEO of EURADA Christian Saublens answers this question.
Watch whole conference here http://go.eventdrive.be/eygovernmentinnovationsummit/
Read more here http://euobserver.com/9/32274
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- Didier Seeuws at the Ernst & Young Innovation Summit
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- 0:57
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS (4 MAY 2011) How can Europe be more innovative? At the first ever Government and Innovation Summit in Brussels on 4 May organised by Ernst & Young, the special advisor to the President of the European Council Didier Seeuws answers this question.
Watch whole conference here http://go.eventdrive.be/eygovernmentinnovationsummit/
Read more here http://euobserver.com/9/32274
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- A Home for Cooperation in the heart of the buffer zone in Nicosia
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- 2:14
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- EUOBSERVER / NICOSIA (06 May 2011) - Still present in the daily lives of Turkish and Greek Cypriots, the UN-controlled buffer zone in Nicosia is being ´re-conquered´ by civil society activists and restaurant owners in a bid to transform it from a symbol of division into a place for dialogue and cooperation between the two communities. A Norway-sponsored reconciliation project was inaugurated in the buffer zone on Friday (6 May) in the presence of both the Turkish and Greek Cypriot leaders. The EUobserver's Valentina Pop reports.
Read full story here www.euobserver.com
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- MEPS talk about EU, The threat of Islamist terrorism in the EU
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- 10:54
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS (05 May 2011) - On the same week that Osama Bin Laden was killed, Members of the European Parliament, Belgian Conservative Derk Jan Eppink and German Green Franziska Brantner talk together about whether or not islamist terrorism even poses a threat to Europe.
Do you think that the world is a safer place now that Osama Bin Laden is dead?
Please leave your comments here or email us at video@euobserer.com
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- Ernst & Young Innovation summit
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- 2:46
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS (4 MAY 2011) How can Europe be more innovative? At the first ever Government and Innovation Summit in Brussels on 4 May organised by Ernst & Young, the President of the EU council Herman Van Rompuy among others offered his views. A survey conducted by CEPS revealed that the EU is putting enough money towards R&D projects, but that this money could be better spent. Innovation expert Charles Leadbeater explains what Europe really needs to boost innovation.
Watch whole conference here http://go.eventdrive.be/eygovernmentinnovationsummit/
Read full story here http://euobserver.com/9/32274
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- Economic policy of the eurozone needs to be decided in "dark, secret rooms"
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- 2:42
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
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- EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS (20 April 2011) - Economic policy of the eurozone needs to be decided in "dark, secret rooms", Eurogroup chief and Prime Minister of Luxembourg Jean-Claude Juncker said at a conference organised by the European Movement. Challenged by a member of the audience to reverse this undemocratic attitude, Juncker called him "naive" and said he'd rather be labelled as undemocratic than fuel market speculations.
Read full story here http://euobserver.com/
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- Former Libyan pilot calls on EU to stop pro-Gaddafi forces
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- 2:01
- Date posted
- 15 years ago
- Description
- EUOBSERVER / EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT / BRUSSELS (20 April 2011) At a special conference about the future of Libya in the European Parliament with Mohammed El Senuss, the exiled crown prince of Libya, the former Libyan air-force pilot, Ghasm Nagaa questions the effectiveness of Nato airstrikes and calls on the EU to stop pro-Gaddafi forces before entering cities and massacring civilians.
Read full story here http://euobserver.com/9/32217
