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24 Aug 2015

The news did not draw many headlines because it is about the EU as an entity and not the eurozone ... One of the issues that concerns Standard & Poor's is EU countries increasingly making use of guarantees to avoid excessive large growth of government debt ... Moreover, one should keep in mind that the EU lost its AAA rating from Standard & Poor's in December 20, 2013 ... In addition, Britain's future in the EU is uncertain....

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EU referendum: UK settlement will benefit other nations - Osborne

BBC News

24 Aug 2015

The UK's plans to renegotiate its relationship with the EU will benefit other nations, Chancellor George Osborne is to tell European leaders ... An in/out referendum on the UK's membership of the EU is scheduled to take place before the end of 2017. Prime Minister David Cameron has promised to renegotiate the UK's relationship with the EU ahead of the referendum ... UK's planned EU referendum....

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Joint Statement on EU support to UNRWA by HR/VP Federica Mogherini, EU Commissioner for Neighborhood ...

Public Technologies

24 Aug 2015

This positive and encouraging news has been made possible thanks to EU support, as the largest donor to UNRWA, as well as important contributions from other partners and donor countries. No child should miss out on an education; this is a fundamental right which the EU will champion ... EU overall funding in 2014 ......

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New EU funding to strengthen security sector and support socio-economic and regional development in Tunisia ...

Public Technologies

24 Aug 2015

The EU adopted the first part of its annual assistance package in favour of Tunisia for a total amount of €116.8 million ... Bolstering our partnership is a top priority for the EU, as the swift adoption of this first package of EU assistance to Tunisia clearly demonstrates ... "Through today's decision, the EU shows its willingness to provide continuous support to Tunisia in consolidating its democratic transition process....

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A ten-point plan for a European refugee policy response – a joint article by Sigmar ...

Public Technologies

24 Aug 2015

Europe cannot put this off any longer and the EU must act now ... First, humane conditions must prevail throughout the EU when refugees are received. For this, we need EU-wide standards that are complied with in every EU member state. Second, a common European code of asylum must guarantee asylum status that is valid throughout the EU for refugees in need of protection....

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A ten-point plan for a European refugee policy response (Foreign Office of the Federal Republic ...

Public Technologies

24 Aug 2015

Europe cannot put this off any longer and the EU must act now ... First, humane conditions must prevail throughout the EU when refugees are received. For this, we need EU-wide standards that are complied with in every EU member state. Second, a common European code of asylum must guarantee asylum status that is valid throughout the EU for refugees in need of protection....

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Daily News 24 / 08 / 15 (European Commission)

Public Technologies

24 Aug 2015

In a public consultation launched today, the European Commission aims at evaluating if EU rules on copyright licensing for TV and radio broadcasting by satellite and cable are still up-to-date in our online environment ... The consultation should gather views in the light of the foreseen review of the 1993 EU Satellite and Cable Directive, one of the 16 initiatives announced in May in the Commission's plan for the Digital Single Market....

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Germany and France to push for joint EU immigration and security policies

The Guardian

24 Aug 2015

Berlin, in particular, is increasingly determined to push a new system of mandatory quotas for refugees across the EU despite the plan being rejected amid acrimonious scenes by EU leaders at a summit in June ... Proposals from Brussels in May to introduce mandatory refugee quotas across the EU on a small initial scale were rejected by Spain and most of eastern Europe ... From there they want to head to richer EU countries....

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EU reforms would benefit other nations, says George Osborne

The Guardian

24 Aug 2015

Chancellor meets European leaders in three Scandinavian capitals as part of effort to gain support for UK’s bid to renegotiate EU relationship. George Osborne will tell European leaders during a whistlestop tour of capital cities that Britain’s bid to reform the EU will also benefit their nations ... will say that reform is key to the future of the EU....

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Commissioner Hahn on recent events in Turkey (European Commission - Directorate-General for Enlargement)

Public Technologies

24 Aug 2015

Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, spoke to Turkish EU Minister Volkan Bozkir. He acknowledged the commitment of the Turkish authorities to stepping up the fight against ISIL and re-affirmed the EU's strong support for these efforts. He confirmed also that the EU is looking into ways to further ......

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Facts about the Swedish Implementation of the New EU Inspection Directive

Business Wire

24 Aug 2015

STOCKHOLM--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News. In response to today’s speculation in the media Opus Group (STO.OPUS) hereby publishes facts about the new EU inspection Directive, the Swedish implementation and the Vehicle Inspection Industry conclusions. EU inspection package A new EU directive for technical inspection of vehicles (Directive 2014/45 /EU) was adopted in spring 2014 ... ....

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Merkel and Hollande plan EU-wide response to escalating migration crisis

The Guardian

24 Aug 2015

Thousands of refugees were heading towards Hungary and the EU border on Monday, as the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, said the union’s member states must fairly share the burden of dealing with Europe’s biggest migration crisis since the second world war ... On Monday, Merkel said they could include building new registration centres in Greece and Italy to be run and staffed by the EU as a whole by the end of the year....

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Germany Shames EU for Failure to Shoulder Refugee Surge (Tea Party Inc)

Public Technologies

24 Aug 2015

By closing the door to people fleeing wars, the EU puts its internal open-border policy at risk, Gabriel said ... Germany and the EU Commission are failing to break the opposition of EU partners including the U.K., Spain, Denmark and Hungary to taking on a larger share of refugees thronging on the bloc's borders ... Germany is pinning its hopes on EU leaders addressing Europe's refugee crisis at a West Balkans summit in Vienna on Aug....