I am very pleased that the European Parliament is supporting us and passed this resolution. The French presidency is working with the commission and member states to try and thrash out a compromise on this and some progress has been made. 
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BASRA, IRAQ - OCTOBER 18: People gather around a Land Rover as it arrives at the village Al Houta on October 18 2008 near Basra, Iraq. The trip by the 51 Sqn Royal Air Force Regiment Force Protection Wing was part of a 'key leader engagement' (KLE) visit to the village close to the Basra Airbase to recruit local labour and engage with the village shiek. Visits of this type are seen as key in efforts to continue winning the support of the local Iraqi population. Although improved security in the region has brought some benefits such as improved trade and commerce, much of the infrastructure remains in a poor state of repair. Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown has indicated that the number of UK troops could be scaled down - especially as the security situation in the south of the country continues to improve.
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Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks during a campaign rally in the rain at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia, September 27, 2008.
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A puppy stands on a truck carrying people to be evacuated from the area in preparation for the approach of Hurricane Gustav in Batabano, on the southern coast of Cuba, August 30, 2008. Powerful Hurricane Gustav roared toward western Cuba on Saturday with 125 mph (205 kph) winds on its way to the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico after a deadly pass through the Caribbean.
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BANGKOK, THAILAND - AUGUST 30: A member of Anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) stands behind barbed wire outside Government on August 30, 2008, in Bangkok, Thailand. The protesters want to unseat the seven-month old coalition government lead by Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej.
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Supporters of radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr burn symbolic U.S. flags as they demonstrate against the security pact between Iraq and the U.S., in Baghdad's Shiite stronghold of Sadr City, in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Dec. 5, 2008.
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Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari (L) meets Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul December 5, 2008. Zardari and Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai met in Istanbul on Friday during a summit organised by Turkish leaders President Gul and Prime Minister Erdogan.
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NEW YORK - DECEMBER 04: Actor Harold Pirraneau attends the 2008 Stockings with Care celebrity bartending night at Bar 13 on December 4, 2008 in New York City.
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A memorial tribute to shoe mogul Thomas Bata is shown at the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto September 3, 2008. Bata died earlier this week at the age of 93.
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A visitor takes a close look at a photo by French photographer Bettina Rheims during the inauguration of her exhibition "Can You Find Happiness?" on March 7, 2008 at the c/o-Gallery in Berlin. The exhibition runs from March 8 to May 11, 2008.
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Forty-five euro coins, worth 500 Slovak Crowns or 16,60 euros, are seen in Bratislava where Slovakian banks and post offices started selling them on December 1,2008 before Slovakia joins the euro zone on January 1, 2009.
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People walk behind the European Union's flag during the annual gay parade in Budapest July 5, 2008. Several hundreds of demonstrators clashed with the police in the center of Hungarian capital as police tried to separate them from the participants of the Gay Pride march.
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Quotes about European Commission
Given that the junta's proposals have been deemed insufficient by the international community, EU member states will examine, based on the proposals of the European Commission, appropriate measures
was said
in Pambazuka
The proposal of the commission is a change to the European Regional Development Fund eligibility rules in order to permit the fund to support interventions in housing in all member states
said Dennis Abbott
As we've always said, we would love to host the European Championship in Scotland ... However, we realise it's a huge undertaking and, as far as 2016 goes, we simply couldn't host it by ourselves. If there was a feeling a bid was a possibility, we would then commission a feasibility study.
was said
in Irish Times
Gaining the support of our supervisory board for the acquisition of Austrian Airlines is an important step which paves the way for OIAG, the government in Vienna and the European Commission to make their decisions following due consideration of the transaction
was said
in ATWOnline
I have voiced the wish that the Czech Republic manages to ratify the Lisbon treaty as soon as possible. There will be a new European Parliament and a new European Commission in the new year, the institutions whose rules must be based on the new treaty
was said
in Xinhua
The Commission has justified its approach legally by describing it as a guide to their ‘enforcement priorities’ rather than a ‘statement of law’. This is a clever and somewhat political solution to a long-standing problem – the divergence of views between the [European] Court and the Commission – that has made it difficult to advise companies in this area
said Brian Sher
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It is important that we protect the interests of taxpayers across Europe, including in Bulgaria.
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