• COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - The European Union's powerful antitrust chief has withdrawn as a candidate for the presidency of the European Investment Bank, the Danish government said Friday after EU finance ministers gave their support to someone else. (ap.org)
  • Special Olympics Health Messenger Gilmour Borg shared his compelling journey from enduring bullying to emerging as an Athlete Leader, at the European Union's (EU) World Mental Health Conference in Brussels, Belgium. (specialolympics.org)
  • Western analysts were surprised this week when the European Union's foreign policy chief was quoted by China as having described that country as 'a peace-loving superpower. (voanews.com)
  • President Macron of France made the appeal the day after the European Union's law-making body elected the pro-life Maltese politician Roberta Metsola as its new president. (ncregister.com)
  • This means that the Holy See's financial transfers will be considered to take place within the European Union's system. (ncregister.com)
  • The Union for Europe (UFE) was a conservative political group in the European Parliament that existed from 1995 to 1999. (wikipedia.org)
  • The group was formed during the 4th European Parliament term in July 1995 from a merger of the European Democratic Alliance and Forza Europa parliamentary groups, becoming the third largest group by number of MEPs. (wikipedia.org)
  • The group was succeeded in the 5th European Parliament by the Union for Europe of the Nations (UEN), while key UFE member parties Forza Italia and Rally for the Republic instead joined the European People's Party. (wikipedia.org)
  • Similarly, the present EU Council of Ministers would form the basis for a second chamber of a greatly strengthened European Parliament. (rferl.org)
  • Two weeks before the US Supreme Court's landmark decision overturning Roe v. Wade, the European Parliament already discussed ways to politically address the 'threats' the impending decision posed to abortion worldwide. (ncregister.com)
  • After the British Parliament defeated Prime Minister Theresa May's deal with the European Union for a second time in mid-March, it narrowly supported a request to the EU for an extended Brexit deadline. (brookings.edu)
  • On March 20, May sent a letter to European Council President Donald Tusk requesting a technical extension until June 30 to allow time for the British Parliament to ratify her deal. (brookings.edu)
  • She rejected a longer extension if the vote failed, given an aversion to holding European Parliament elections in late May, but did not explain what would happen in that scenario. (brookings.edu)
  • At the summit, EU-27 leaders agreed to extend the departure date by two weeks to April 12, the legal deadline by which Britain must decide whether to participate in European Parliament (EP) elections. (brookings.edu)
  • If May's deal is passed by March 29, the deadline will shift to May 22-allowing time for the British Parliament to pass implementing legislation and for the European Parliament to ratify the deal. (brookings.edu)
  • The earlier decision to suspend any contacts with top Belarusian officials was also confirmed.Last week, the European Parliament adopted a resolution calling for immediate sanctions against the Belarusian leadership. (rt.com)
  • Mogadishu, 18 June 2020 - The Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Somalia conducted another special flight at the request of WHO in Somalia to airlift lifesaving medicine and other emergency hospital supplies to Beletweyne, as well as medical and laboratory supplies to Hargeisa and Garowe. (who.int)
  • The European Union reported the COVID-19 pandemic led to 872,000 excess deaths between March 2020 and July 2021, a 13% increase over the average number of deaths during the five previous years. (yahoo.com)
  • This bilateral tariff agreement, which the United States and the EU plan formally to implement in the fall of 2020, was the culmination of negotiations that intensified following a January 2020 meeting in Davos, Switzerland, between President Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. (ustr.gov)
  • Despite the non-territorialised strategic goals of the EU 2020 Strategy, the long-term aim of EU Cohesion Policy to promote harmonious development of the European territory - social, economic, and 'territorial cohesion' - remains a central goal of achieving a more cohesive EU territory. (routledge.com)
  • Chinese President Xi Jinping met in Beijing with the two European presidents, Ursula von der Leyen from. (ap.org)
  • Presidents of the Commission of the European Union signed the Charter of Paris for a New Europe (1990) and the Charter for European Security (1999) alongside the EU Presidency. (osce.org)
  • The Pork for the European Union (PFEU) Program has been in effect since 1999 the European Union (EU) and the U.S. agreed to control measures to facilitate the trade of pork. (usda.gov)
  • Speech by Ms Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank, at the European Commission's high-level conference on the proposal for a Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, Frankfurt am Main, 6 May 2021. (bis.org)
  • The European Commission's support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents, which reflect the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. (pitt.edu)
  • The similarity index indicates that the exposure limits of EU member states are converging towards the European Commission's recommended OELs. (cdc.gov)
  • Special Olympics Europe Eurasia has today-on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities-announced that the first ever European Unified Youth Basketball Tournament will take place in Sansepolcro, Italy in October 2021. (specialolympics.org)
  • FILE - European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell speaks during a press conference at the EU Delegation on Sept. 20, 2021, in New York City. (voanews.com)
  • Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The population of the European Union fell by 265,257 people during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, the EU's statistacal agency reported Tuesday. (yahoo.com)
  • Theorising the Crises of the European Union (Abingdon: Routledge, 2021), pp. 159-182. (lu.se)
  • With Donald Tusk likely set to become prime minister, the victory of the centrist opposition creates an opportunity for the much talked about eastward power shift within the European Union precisely because a pro-EU Polish government will seek to strengthen the union. (csis.org)
  • Results of search for 'su:{European Union. (who.int)
  • In 2019, at the direction of President Trump, the United States completed formal procedures necessary to launch negotiations on a trade agreement, as did the European Commission. (ustr.gov)
  • At Europe's Service: The Origins and Evolution of the European People's Party. (wikipedia.org)
  • European Union (EU) policies after the economic crisis looked clumsy and failed to address all concerns, but were viable, caused only a manageable amount of serious backlash, and tied in well with Europe's cultural diversity, also providing scope for learning and adaption. (repec.org)
  • Europe's top privacy watchdog and the digital agenda commissioner both said Monday that more transparency and trust is needed between the European Union and the U.S. following reports of widespread data collection by the U.S. National Security Agency. (pcworld.com)
  • Thus, Europe's attention may have shifted eastward, but the center of gravity within the European Union moved little. (csis.org)
  • While it is not easy to identify a single 'European growth model' given Europe's diversity, there seems to exist a common approach to economic growth and social progress involving policies and institutions that govern trade and finance, enterprise and innovation, and labor and government. (worldbank.org)
  • YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) - Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed Thursday to exchange prisoners of war and work toward signing a peace treaty in what the European Union hailed as a major step toward peace in the long-troubled region. (ap.org)
  • While world leaders are negotiating a Global Plastics Treaty to end the age of plastic , the European Union is trying to push through a free trade agreement with the Mercosur countries (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay) that will do exactly the opposite . (greenpeace.org)
  • In April 1948, the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between Finland and the Soviet Union was signed and it set up the framework for the Finnish relations to the Soviet Union and sometimes even beyond that for about 40 years. (bis.org)
  • Briefly, according to news reports, the Schroeder proposals would mean turning the present EU Executive Commission into a European government. (rferl.org)
  • Just before midnight in New York, European news organizations including the BBC and SkyNews projected the U.K. referendum ended in a vote to leave the EU. (foxbusiness.com)
  • All of this meant that when war erupted in Ukraine in February 2022, there was considerable chatter about a power shift eastward within the European Union, with Poland in the lead. (csis.org)
  • But more importantly, a new pro-EU Polish government might also open the door to deeper European integration, including critical reforms that the European Union needs to take to become a more cohesive geopolitical global actor. (csis.org)
  • UNICEF works with the European Union (EU) to protect and promote children's rights around the world. (unicef.org)
  • It is implemented by UNICEF and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport with support from the European Union and partners. (unicef.org)
  • Such hygiene and sanitation trainings are part of a European Union-funded project implemented by UNICEF and partners in healthcare structures in Mali, which aims to prevent infectious diseases, including Ebola. (unicef.org)
  • The European Union, through UNICEF and other development partners, is supporting the Government of Nigeria to work to ensure the provision of safe water, sanitation, and hygiene services across the country. (unicef.org)
  • The European Union enjoyed its pinnacle of influence after the Soviet Union collapsed. (fraserinstitute.org)
  • The Soviet Union considered the Plan as an attempt to interfere in the internal affairs of the participating states and refused the plan. (bis.org)
  • The Prism debate will definitely increase calls for a European cloud, with a range of possible consequences for American companies," she said in a speech to the American Chamber of Commerce in Brussels. (pcworld.com)
  • A new pro-EU Polish government, led by Tusk, who knows his way around Brussels as the former president of the European Council, could thus help jumpstart the European Union. (csis.org)
  • The rules imposed by Brussels and the European Central Bank on the public sector, demanding a discipline and associated competence that generates permanent austerity, do not apply to the private sector. (counterpunch.org)
  • European Union Satellite Centre (SatCen), is an EU Agency working at the intersection of space, security and defense, located close to Madrid, Spain. (lu.se)
  • The European Court of Justice had been asked to decide whether or not refugees could seek asylum on the basis of religious persecution if they had only been banned from practicing their faith in public, not in private. (christianitytoday.com)
  • It has taken part in the negotiations on the Helsinki Final Act in 1975, which was signed by then-Prime Minister of Italy Aldo Moro, in his capacity as President of the Council of the European Communities. (osce.org)
  • Margrethe Vestager, the European Commission antitrust chief, says she wants to investigate why cross-border purchases make up only 15 percent of the EU's online sales. (marketplace.org)
  • Borrell, whose official title is high representative of the union for foreign affairs and security policy and vice president of the EU Commission, 'never called China a 'peace-loving superpower,' ' said a statement provided by the press office and attributed to 'an EU official. (voanews.com)
  • The EU tariffs will be eliminated for a period of five years, and the European Commission will seek to make the tariff changes permanent. (ustr.gov)
  • In its Tuesday statement, the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) argued that the measure would constitute an "ethical indefensibility" against human rights and European law. (ncregister.com)
  • The Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) criticized the Roe-related resolution. (ncregister.com)
  • His formal opinion must be considered by the European Commission in drawing up legislation. (pcworld.com)
  • He went on to criticize the E.U.'s Cyber Security Strategy, which was put forward by the European Commission in February. (pcworld.com)
  • Her request contravened advice from European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, who said May 22 was the EU's limit. (brookings.edu)
  • Ricardo Cardoso, a spokesperson with the European Commission, says the investigation is aimed at a broader goal. (marketplace.org)
  • The European Commission, the EU's executive arm, published a proposal early Tuesday that removes one of the biggest hurdles that was standing in the way of Canada exporting its oil directly to Europe, something that isn't currently happening in any significant way. (cbc.ca)
  • The revised plan still proposes a method to assess the pollution levels of various fuel types over their life cycles and the European Commission said it would propose action if these were incompatible with climate goals. (cbc.ca)
  • Greenpeace accused the European Commission under outgoing President Jose Manuel Barroso of putting trade ahead of the environment. (cbc.ca)
  • FRA, together with representatives from the European Commission, several Member States, civil society and the UNHCR took part in a working group meeting organised by the EU Asylum Agency in Malta on 27-30 June. (europa.eu)
  • European Commission. (lu.se)
  • Commission of the European Communities. (who.int)
  • member states are compared with those of the European Commission (EC). (cdc.gov)
  • The comparison concerned: (1) what chemi- cals have been selected, (2) the average level of exposure limits for all chemicals, and (3) the similarity between the OELs of different EU member states and the OELs recommended by the European Commission. (cdc.gov)
  • When technology and finance unite around a common purpose, the consequences for monetary unions can be far-reaching. (bis.org)
  • And, like the railroads in the past, this could have ramifications for our monetary union that reverberate more widely. (bis.org)
  • First, we face the challenge of making our monetary union more resilient to cyclical shocks. (bis.org)
  • Once again, the recent tragic drowning of migrants off the Italian coast underlines why Europe needs to urgently address the rising death toll in the Mediterranean. (europa.eu)
  • As a first step, he called the creation of a Council of Europe. (bis.org)
  • The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on Thursday called on its 47 member states to reject the results of the December 19 presidential elections in Belarus. (rt.com)
  • The two organizations collaborate on a range of issues, and the scope of their co-operation has both broadened and deepened, following development of the EU Common Foreign and Security Policy, and the launch of the first EU crisis management operations under the European Security and Defence Policy. (osce.org)
  • The president of the Federation of Catholic Family Associations in Europe explains why the COVID-19 crisis makes it more urgent than ever to rethink the current mindset there regarding the family. (ncregister.com)
  • The Ukrainian population should have been paying attention to the European 'also-rans' after the financial speculative boom and crisis pivoting on 2008. (counterpunch.org)
  • In the 1920's, for example, Finland followed the UK to the gold standard, and again followed the UK out when it had to leave the gold standard during the European currency crisis of 1931. (bis.org)
  • In a chapter on 'European Communion and Planetary Organic Crisis', Ian Manners argues that economic, social, ecological, conflictual, and political crises of the EU are not separate, but part of the same planetary crisis. (lu.se)
  • Author and Title: Ian Manners, 'European Communion and Planetary Organic Crisis', in Nathalie Brack and Seda Gürkan (eds. (lu.se)
  • In August 2010, the European Union published the "Outcome and Impact Assessment of the Global Response to the Avian Influenza Crisis" report. (cdc.gov)
  • Lists of OELs were introduced as risk management tools directive to de¼ne a European legal framework for chem- in the twentieth century. (cdc.gov)
  • The Congress of Europe was attended by a great number of leading European politicians and statesmen, among them Konrad Adenauer from West Germany and three former French prime ministers, Paul Renaud , Éduard Daladier and Paul Ramadier . (bis.org)
  • The president explained that European politicians had wanted "henchmen supported by Western special services," not him, to win the elections. (rt.com)
  • Funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union and supported by Toyota Motors Europe, the tournament was organized by Special Olympics Italy in partnership with a local organising committee in Sansepolcro. (specialolympics.org)
  • Besides losing the important financial benefits of the Plan, Finland also could not join the Organization for European Economic Cooperation ( OEEC ). (bis.org)
  • This chapter gives an introduction to the European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) - a European Union (EU) policy tool introduced in 2009 with the purpose to set up and operate collaborative Research Infrastructures by granting them a legal personality and qualities of an international organization. (lu.se)
  • This latest election, widely seen as saving Polish democracy, is also incredibly significant for the European Union, not for what it prevents but for what it promises. (csis.org)
  • Before 1998, BT was considered an exotic disease in Europe. (cdc.gov)
  • Before 1998, BT was considered an exotic disease in Europe with just a few sporadic incursions (e.g. (cdc.gov)
  • Our aim in this article is to provide a synthesis and some perspectives of BT epidemiology in the European Union (EU) since BTV's introduction in 1998. (cdc.gov)
  • It has also experienced an economic miracle since it joined the European Union in 2004 and has been a strong, persistent, and, unfortunately, accurate voice of concern about Vladimir Putin's Russia. (csis.org)
  • Where has Europe been before Russia lost patience on 24 February? (counterpunch.org)
  • The move comes at a time when tensions are rising between Europe and its top oil supplier, Russia. (cbc.ca)
  • The Protestant Fiscal Ethic:Religious Confession and Euro Skepticism in Germany ," IAAEU Discussion Papers 201507, Institute of Labour Law and Industrial Relations in the European Union (IAAEU). (repec.org)
  • After all, the Eastern Europeans were right about the Russian threat, and the Western Europeans, particularly Germany, were very wrong. (csis.org)
  • Poland could set the bar for Europe on defense spending and military support for Ukraine, but it was simultaneously undermining EU rulings , deliberately stoking tension with Germany , and recently restricting Ukrainian trade . (csis.org)
  • The European Union is run on a day-to-day basis by Germany for German interests. (counterpunch.org)
  • Yet for this crucial issue of Ukraine, German leaders have failed to look not only after the interests of Europe over which it exercises tutelage but those of Germany itself. (counterpunch.org)
  • Despite an intense public debate and some voluntary initiatives at national and European level, the situation has not changed significantly in recent years: an incremental average increase of the number of women on boards of just 0.6 percentage points per year has been recorded since 2003. (corpgov.net)
  • This report states, "The European Union has already taken new initiatives under the One Health umbrella and will continue to do so in the coming years. (cdc.gov)
  • That 2017 election-coming on the heels of Brexit and with concerns that the European Union could further unravel-saved the European Union from the abyss. (csis.org)
  • If her third attempt fails, Britain has a short window to determine a new plan (including a request for a lengthy extension contingent on holding European elections) or prepare for a no-deal Brexit. (brookings.edu)
  • The widespread recrudescence and extension of BTV-8 infections in northern Europe during 2007 suggest that requirements for BTV establishment may now be fulfilled in this area. (cdc.gov)
  • The contentious European debate over Canadian oil dates back to 2009, when EU member states tentatively approved legislation aimed at limiting the greenhouse gas emissions. (cbc.ca)
  • It includes the loose-leaf Competition Law in Western Europe and the USA, magazines such as Common Market Law Review and World Competition, ebooks as well as legislation and decisions. (lu.se)
  • Contacts between the Secretary General and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and other high-level EU officials. (osce.org)
  • In this brief we provide a synthesized overview of paternity leave policies and policies which encourage sharing parental leave between new parents as currently implemented in Europe, and discuss policy levers for increasing uptake of lave by fathers. (rand.org)
  • This text will be of key interest to scholars, students and practitioners of spatial planning and cohesion policy, European sector policies and European spatial planning, and more broadly to European and EU studies/politics, regional economic geography and public policy. (routledge.com)
  • European diplomats say Aleksandr Lukashenko and about 160 officials will be denied entry to the EU, and any bank accounts they may have in Europe will be frozen.The sanctions will apply to all officials connected with repressions against opposition activists following the December 19 presidential elections in Belarus. (rt.com)
  • Since the beginning of the Helsinki process, the European Communities (EC), and, since 1993, the European Union (EU) have played a vital role in the work of the OSCE. (osce.org)
  • Since the beginning of the Helsinki process, the European Union (originally the European Communities) has played a vital role in the work of the OSCE (then Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe). (osce.org)
  • Collection of instruments and texts adopted by the European Communities on drug abuse and AIDS. (who.int)
  • In fact, I believe that the green transition offers us a unique opportunity to build a truly European capital market that transcends national borders - or what I would call green capital markets union (CMU). (bis.org)
  • Faced with the large numbers of people leaving Kosovo, the European Union is being forced to look for new ways to cope and to help neighbouring countries cope with the economic and social strain that arises from taking in refugees. (bmj.com)
  • CT has previously reported on religious refugees' struggles to find haven in Europe as well as overall trends among 21st-century asylum seekers . (christianitytoday.com)
  • As the threats and risks from cyber criminals, terrorists, gangs, nation states, and others continue to grow and evolve, national security and public safety officials in Europe face one of the most difficult challenges yet in keeping citizens, cities, and nations safe. (cisco.com)
  • European commissioner for climate action Connie Hedegaard says the plan to label oilsands crude as dirty was opposed by some EU member countries. (cbc.ca)
  • This emergence of BT into parts of Europe never before affected was attributed mainly to climate change and was linked to the northern expansion of the major Old World vector Culicoides imicola (Kieffer), which is an Afro-Asiatic species of biting midge ( 13 ). (cdc.gov)
  • In an unrelated but well-timed twist to the EU's move on Tuesday, Canadian oil company Suncor announced it has just shipped its first tanker-load of western Canadian heavy crude from Canada's East Coast to Europe. (cbc.ca)
  • But Germany's desire for what amounts to an eventual federation of nation states in Europe is not shared by all EU members -- nor by all the Central and East European candidates countries due soon to accede to the Union. (rferl.org)
  • Another analyst, Alexander Smolar of the Stefan Batory Foundation in Warsaw, points to the unease among some of the 10 candidate member countries of Central and East Europe, which are reluctant in the post-Soviet era to see themselves again tightly bound to an outside authority. (rferl.org)
  • I've never understood why countries should have to form unions in order to trade freely with each other. (fraserinstitute.org)
  • Poland is the fifth largest EU member state by population and the largest of the former Warsaw Pact countries to join the European Union. (csis.org)
  • This is what it appears to be doing when it campaigns in favour of a free trade agreement with the Mercosur countries that will abolish customs duties on European exports of plastic waste and single-use plastics . (greenpeace.org)
  • Like many countries in Europe, Croatia is best placed in its trade and finance integration, but needs to do much more on business and innovation, and most of all in labor and government. (worldbank.org)
  • In Europe, capital behaves the way it should: it flows from richer to poorer economies, and countries receiving more capital tend to grow faster. (worldbank.org)
  • Countries in emerging Europe have taken European financial integration to a new level. (worldbank.org)
  • February 2011 figures released by the Bank of International Settlements highlighted that European banks (mostly German, French and British) had exposure to these four countries of $US 2.1 trillion. (counterpunch.org)
  • What mattered was not saving the PIGS countries but saving the bank lenders and, beyond them, the European financial system's stability (sic) in general. (counterpunch.org)
  • In 1978 the European Community announced its ¼rst countries and organizations. (cdc.gov)
  • Yet, as appealing as the sentiment was, especially to those in the East, power within the European Union did not shift eastward-largely because the East was not offering a positive vision of where it wanted the European Union to go. (csis.org)
  • The shift to net zero emissions, together with an adequate digital backbone, will require major investments across Europe in technology, infrastructure and networks. (bis.org)
  • BEIJING (AP) - From trade to human rights, the leaders of China and the European Union differed on a wide range of issues at a summit this week in the Chinese capital. (ap.org)
  • BEIJING (AP) - The leaders of China and the European Union held talks Thursday that focused on their disputes over trade, subsidies and a deep divide over the war in Ukraine. (ap.org)
  • Prague, 30 April 2001 (RFE/RL) -- European Union leaders could perhaps be likened to a group of tourists in swimsuits standing next to the ocean. (rferl.org)
  • She had no answers for these issues when she met leaders at a European Council summit on March 21. (brookings.edu)
  • German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has reopened the debate about the future development of the European Union with radical proposals that foresee far greater integration among member states. (rferl.org)
  • The European Union (EU) will now grant refugee status to those who seek asylum on the basis of religious persecution, even when applicants are still able to practice their faith in private. (christianitytoday.com)
  • The president and 40 other officials were previously banned from entering the European Union in 2006, but two years later the decision was suspended. (rt.com)
  • Still, despite the risk of their producing disharmony in the Union, EU affairs analyst Brendan Halligan says he views the German proposals as a necessary part of the debate on the future. (rferl.org)
  • China, which sees Europe as an important export market, raised concerns about trade protectionism and. (ap.org)
  • SAO PAULO (AP) - The heads of state from South America's Mercosur trade bloc gathered Thursday in Rio de Janeiro for a meeting all but certain to once again disappoint members hoping to finalize a long-delayed trade deal with the European Union. (ap.org)
  • In Lithuania, riot police fired rubber-bullets on a trade union march. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • So, let me start with some remarks on the early years of Finnish independence and follow the development of our relations with Britain, and Europe, since then. (bis.org)
  • In this brief we describe the different policies available across Europe that address the uptake of paternity leave and parental leave, discuss the link between uptake of leave by fathers and the various outcomes associated with uptake, and give an overview of the existing barriers to uptake. (rand.org)
  • French president Emmanuel Macron is offering plenty of visions for Europe but lacks the ability and the broader trust without a strong partner to turn his ideas and plans into a reality. (csis.org)
  • A group of Belgian European Union affiliates has floated the idea of separating the databases for the planned Entry/Exit System (EES) and the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS). (findbiometrics.com)
  • This is together with an increased engagement of the EU in OSCE participating States through the signing of stabilization and association or partnership and co-operation agreements in regions such as the Balkans, the South Caucasus and Eastern Europe. (osce.org)
  • ECLI has been developed to facilitate the correct and unequivocal citation of judgments from European and national courts. (lu.se)