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The numbers, which don’t even account for the massive boom in renewables development in 2011, show a 25 percent increase in employment between 2009 and 2010, bringing documented jobs in the renewable energy sector throughout Europe to 1,144,000. The...
There has been anger in Greece to the possibility of further restrictions on the country. "What is happening today with Greece is unprecedented," Greek Citizens' Protection Minister Christos Papoutsis, a former European Commissioner said. "The...
Chinese Vice-Premier Li Keqiang speaks to European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, not pictured, during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. View Photo »
The Hungarian government considers the independence of the central bank, the judiciary and the data protection authority as indispensable as important as does the European Commission.
The government is facing mounting pressure within the EU to provide additional crossparty commitments that it will honor the terms of the 130bn euros bailout after the election, expected in April. Eurozone finance ministers are due to meet in Brussels...
General Court of the European Union and ask that conditions be imposed on Microsoft. Cisco wants Microsoft and Skype to support the open standards that other videoconferencing vendors support, because otherwise competition and innovation could be harmed.
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, center left, and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, center right, talk while waiting in a corridor for their meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang at the Great Hall of the People the in... View Photo »
Even the most impartial and most correct partners can get into dispute ... But please let's not exclude that in certain cases we will say 'Sorry European Commission, we don't agree'.
But finding a solution requires a collective international effort. This is why we are gathering in Rome, to coordinate our efforts. I expect we will increase our response to this crisis, scaling up both our donations and our efforts. The European Union...
The European Commission's Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development and the US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Organic Program - which oversees all US organic products - will both take on key oversight roles. The most recent...
The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities) is the executive branch of the European Union. The body is responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the Union's treaties and the general day-to-day running of the Union. Full Article
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, center left, and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, center right, talk while waiting in a corridor for their meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang at the Great Hall of the People the in Beijing, China Wednesday, Feb. 15,...
View Photo »European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, left, and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy wait in a corridor for their meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang at the Great Hall of the People the in Beijing, China Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012.
View Photo »Chinese Vice-Premier Li Keqiang, right, holds talks with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, left, and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012.
View Photo »Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang speaks to European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy (not pictured) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on February 15, 2012. EU leaders met with Chinese President Hu Jintao on the second day...
View Photo »BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 15: European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (centre L) and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy wait in a corridor for their meeting with Chinese Vice-Premier Li Keqiang (not pictured) at the Great Hall of the People, during the European...
View Photo »BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 15: Chinese Vice-Premier Li Keqiang (R) shakes hands with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (L) as European Council President Herman Van Rompuy (C) looks on at the Great Hall of the People, during the European Union (EU)-China summit on...
View Photo »Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang, center, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, left, and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy shake hands during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012.
View Photo »Chinese Vice-Premier Li Keqiang (R) shakes hands with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (L) and while European Council President Herman Van Rompuy (C) looks on during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People the in Beijing on February 15, 2012. EU leaders met with...
View Photo »Chinese President Hu Jintao (3rd R) takes part in talks with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (2nd L) and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy (3rd L) for the European Union (EU)-China summit at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on February 15, 2012. EU...
View Photo »Chinese President Hu Jintao (2nd L) shakes hands with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (L) while European Council President Herman Van Rompuy (2nd R) is being ushered into position by a Chinese official at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on February 15, 2012. EU...
View Photo »European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, second from left, and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, third from left, participate in talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao, not pictured, during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China Wednesday,...
View Photo »Chinese President Hu Jintao, center, participates in talks with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, not pictured, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012.
View Photo »BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 15: European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (L), European Council President Herman Van Rompuy (C) and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao pose for photos at the Great Hall of the People, during the European Union (EU)-China summit on February 15, 2012 in...
View Photo »BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 15: European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (2nd L) and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy (3rd L) hold talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao (not pictured)at the Great Hall of the People, during the European Union (EU)-China summit on...
View Photo »Chinese President Hu Jintao (C) gestures to European Council President Herman Van Rompuy (R) and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (L) during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on February 15, 2012. EU leaders met with Chinese President Hu Jintao on...
View Photo »European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (R) walks past European Council President Herman Van Rompuy (C) and Zhou Xiaochuan, Governor of the People's Bank of China (L) as he proceeds to the podium for his speech at the University of International Business and Economics in...
View Photo »European Council President Herman Van Rompuy (C) answers a question from students as European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (R) and Zhou Xiaochuan, Governor of the People's Bank of China (L) listen to him at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing...
View Photo »European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso delivers his speech at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing on February 15, 2012. China's Premier Wen Jiabao said on February 14 his country was ready to increase its participation in efforts to resolve...
View Photo »European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, second left, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, second right, and China's Central Bank Governor Zhou Xiaochuan, center, attend a ribbon cutting ceremony for a euro currency exhibition at the University of International Business...
View Photo »European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso gives a speech on the euro at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012.
View Photo »China's Central Bank Governor Zhou Xiaochuan reacts after European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso gave a speech on the euro at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. Zhou said Beijing has confidence in the euro and...
View Photo »European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, right, and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy listen to China's Central Bank Governor Zhou Xiaochuan, unseen, at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. Zhou said...
View Photo »European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, left, speaks as China's Central Bank Governor Zhou Xiaochuan, second right, and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, right, listen during a speech on the euro at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing,...
View Photo »European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso walks past China's Central Bank Governor Zhou Xiaochuan, left, and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, right, after a speech on the euro at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing, China, Wednesday,...
View Photo »CORRECTS VAN ROMPUY'S TITLE - European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso looks up during a joint press conference with European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, not in picture, after the China-EU meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing...
View Photo »European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, center left, and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, center right, talk while waiting in a corridor for their meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang at the Great Hall of the People the in Beijing, China Wednesday, Feb. 15,...
View Photo »The Hungarian government considers the independence of the central bank, the judiciary and the data protection authority as indispensable as important as does the European Commission.
Even the most impartial and most correct partners can get into dispute ... But please let's not exclude that in certain cases we will say 'Sorry European Commission, we don't agree'.
the global consolidation of exchanges might very well shift the balance towards countries favoring light-touch regulation, which would severely endanger the European Commission’s agenda ... Approving the proposed combination of Deutsche Boerse and NYSE Euronext would significantly increase the likelihoo...
the European Commission should also accept that we have practical considerations of our own
This is a welcome step but while the European Commission does have the power to impose structural changes on EU banks, the proposals will have to overcome strong opposition from the banks and some member states
What the Hungarian government got from Brussels and the European Commission is not a little knock or a smack, but a kick in the head, while Hungarians are on the ground
We’re waiting for the very concrete formulation of the concerns by the European Commission . . . and my government will react immediately
The more support I get from council, the stronger the message that we can give to the government, the European Commission, other [pressure groups] and consumers.
The European Commission must do more to scrutinize Hungary’s Constitution and new laws, which we fear could have serious consequences for human rights in the country
If this combination is prohibited by the College of commissioners, the global consolidation of exchanges might very well shift the balance towards countries favoring 'light touch' regulation, which would severely endanger the European Commission's agenda
Some states have their doubts, but we do not. If it were up to us only, the European Commission's conclusions would have solved this issue back in December
We have clearly demonstrated to the European Commission the strong benefits that our combination will bring to a broad set of stakeholders in Europe.
Detained without trial: Fair Trials International's response to the European Commission's Green Paper on detention
This decision has been taken in light of ongoing market volatility and regulatory uncertainty, and as a consequence of the effects of a prohibition on capital calls which was imposed on the group as part of the restructuring plan mandated by the European Commission.
The European Commission is still ready to discuss the possibility of assigning the TEN (Trans European Network) status to South Stream after receiving more detailed data on its volume and route
The European Commission's proposal for a regulation concerning Customs enforcement of IP rights
demonstrates that the European Commission recognizes the strong links between science, innovation and growth
Sarkozy refuses to accept fiscal union with its implications of a transfer of sovereignty to a collective and objective judge of sound budgetary policy such as the European Commission or European Court of Justice
Negotiations have begun ... formally between Greece and the private sector, with the participation of the euro working group, the European Commission, the EFSF, the International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank
After the the Second World War, the countries that founded the European Community created supranational institutions, and now we have the European Commission, the European Court of Justice and the ECB. Why? Precisely to have independent assessment and monitoring and also if possible independent enforcem...
I just want to underline that the European Union and the European Commission is supportive of increasing the resources of the IMF, and we see pretty much eye-to-eye with (IMF) managing director Christine Lagarde in this regard
has planned for a possible break-up of the euro currency and whether the government accepts that the parliament budget power gets transferred to the European Commission.
The aircraft which the Iranian foreign minister planned to use is on a banned list, according to a European Commission directive relating to flight safety
VKM is a government advisory body like EFSA is to the European Commission. So this report does not represent any formal policy of the Norwegian government, only the opinion of the scientists that were appointed to this panel
supranational powers to the European Commission
