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Cempaka Eco Green (Free subscription) | yesterday
Reuters , by John Acher, Sun Nov 22, 2009 9:18am EST Greenpeace activists hang banners at the Sagrada Familia Temple, designed by Antoni Gaudi, in Barcelona November 2, 2009. (REUTERS/Albert Gea) COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Sixty-five world leaders have confirmed they will attend a U.N. conference in Copenhagen in December that will try to clinch a new global climate deal, and many more are considering,...
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Times Online (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
After a byzantine Brussels stitch-up, the appointment to one of the grandest jobs in the European Union was settled by text message. Early on Thursday evening Baroness Ashton, an obscure Labour quangocrat, received a text message from her mentor, Jose Manuel Barroso, the chairman of the European commission.
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GayandRight (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Who needs history anyways'?? The latest initiative by our "Children's Secretary", Ed Balls, is to abolish what remains of fact-based teaching of history and geography in our schools. He plans to "roll them together into themed lessons on social issues such as global warming" (funny how that seems to seep into everything nowadays). The ruthless drive of educational progressives to...
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EU Referendum (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
"The choice of two low-profile leaders means that there are two immediate political winners from the process. The first is the European commission, under its renominated president José Manuel Barroso, who has emerged as at least the first among equals in the new Brussels lineup ... ". You have to read quite far down the piece, but at least its there, in The Guardian - the first (and...
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Andy Peacock (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Labour peer Baroness Ashton has been selected as the EU’s high representative of foreign affairs and security, diplomats say. Baroness Ashton, currently EU Trade Commissioner, was chosen for the new post by the leaders of the EU’s 27 member states at a meeting in Brussels. Gordon Brown backed her for the role after accepting Tony Blair could not become European Council president. Before...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Lady Ashton is apparently a perfectly personable woman, but she was only chosen because she ticked the right boxes If someone held the patent for the word "nice" they would make a fortune today: the only thing anyone can find to say about Lady Ashton is that she's nice . Sometimes she's just nice, other times she's nice in comparison to Lord Mandelson, her predecessor as EU trade commissioner....
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Global Dashboard (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
- With the new EU President and High Representative finally decided, the FT wonders whether current Commission President, José Manuel Barroso, is the true victor from all the horse-trading. The Times has news that, consistent with the Lisbon reforms, the EU is attempting to strengthen its presence at the UN. Sunder Katwala, meanwhile, suggests that [...] Related posts: Those foreign policy advisers...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
British peer says she will show she is the best person for the job of European foreign minister over the next few months and years Europe's eight-year quest to establish a simpler and more democratic regime came to a dramatic climax last night when the Belgian prime minister, Herman Van Rompuy, and British peer Cathy Ashton were appointed as the two top officials embodying the new system. In a surprise...
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Nick Robinson's Newslog (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
So Britain has got one of the top two EU jobs, and arguably the more important one. Cathy Ashton is a warm, likeable natural coalition builder who appealed to the European left as one of their own - and was acceptable to the right as the EU Commission President, Jose Manuel Barroso had learnt he could do business with her. It is an extraordinary rise for someone who has never run for elected office,...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Gordon Brown abandons support for Blair as leaders of the EU's dominant centre-right bloc make clear they will only support a member of their own grouping Tony Blair tonight bowed out of the race to become the first president of the European Council when it became clear that centre-right leaders, who dominate the EU, are determined that the post should go to their group. Gordon Brown abandoned his...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
From Tony Blair to Herman Van Rompuy, the contenders for top European jobs are overwhelmingly male Right now in Brussels the heads of the 27 national governments of the European Union's member states will be milling around . Gordon Brown will be lobbying for Tony Blair, Herman Van Rompuy will be trying to persuade people he is not as anonymous as many fear, and José Manuel Barroso will be pottering...
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Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has said the European Union backs Russia’s plans to join the World Trade Organization. We clearly show our support for Russia’s accession to the WTO, Barroso said at a press conference following a Russia-EU summit. Barroso said that Russia’s entry into the global trade club would have a positive effect for [...]
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xtoff | 16/03/2009
A delegation of Europe + Foundation, led by former French Prime Minister, and French Senator Jean-Pierre Raffarin presented to Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, its working papers on how to strengthen the European market’s attractiveness for investments, technologies and skills. The Europe + Foundation organises the 7th annual edition of the World Investment Conference. Europe
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