Climate Change

EU moves closer to climate deal for heavy industry
Thursday 4 December 2008
Today's (4 December) meeting of EU environment minsters is expected to have little influence on what is being criticised as an industry-friendly, high-politics compromise deal to seal the bloc's embattled climate and energy package before the end of the year.

MEPs to push development agenda at UN climate talks
Wednesday 3 December 2008
A group of MEPs will head to ongoing UN negotiations in the Polish city of Poznań next week, urging world leaders to put development at the heart of a post-Kyoto climate deal in an attempt to combat rising mistrust between developed and developing countries over the issue.

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EU Treaty & Institutions

Irish PM sets off on Lisbon Treaty mini-tour
Thursday 4 December 2008
Ahead of the 11-12 December EU summit, Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen has hit the road to meet his EU counterparts and coordinate "the way forward" for his country's ratification of the Lisbon Treaty.

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Sustainable Dev.

Industry wants clear priorities for alternative transport fuels
Thursday 4 December 2008
As EU lawmakers ponder the contribution of alternative fuels to the EU's CO2 emission reduction targets, transport stakeholders are demanding that political decisions be taken and realistic targets be set, to give industry a stable legislative framework that allows it to prioritise R&D spending.

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Public Affairs

Economic crisis takes centre stage in citizens' consultation
Thursday 4 December 2008
Following in the footsteps of the first transnational citizens' consultation, the King Baudouin Foundation and its partners yesterday (3 December) launched a new Europe-wide debate on the economic and social future of Europe.

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Enlargement & Neighbours

EU and NATO keep Eastern countries at bay
Thursday 4 December 2008
NATO officials yesterday (3 December) reaffirmed that Ukraine and Georgia would join the military alliance eventually, but stopped short of offering them concrete membership roadmaps. Meanwhile, the European Commission proposed a new 'partnership' with its Eastern neighbours, which also avoided making any membership commitments for now.

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InfoSociety

Berlusconi's media empire sparks fresh controversy
Thursday 4 December 2008
A battle between tycoons is raging in Italy, where the centre-right government has encountered massive opposition to a proposed tax increase on Rupert Murdoch's subscription-based Sky Italia, the main competitor of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's television empire.

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Environment

Commission tables electronic waste recycling review
Thursday 4 December 2008
Electronic equipment manufacturers fear that a proposed review of an EU directive on recycling waste electrical and electronic equipment will result in producers having to pay for household collection.

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Food & Agriculture

Commission urged to support organic food research
Thursday 4 December 2008
Stakeholders called on the European Commission to provide "adequate support" for organic food and farming research at the launch of a new technology platform, TP Organics, on 2 December.

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Innovation & Creativity

Ministers outline EU research vision for 2020
Wednesday 3 December 2008
Amid fears that the current economic crisis could severely hamper R&D investment, EU research ministers yesterday (2 December) unveiled their bold vision of a borderless European Research Area (ERA) by 2020 to boost the bloc's competitiveness.

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