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EU-US: ‘EU agreements put pressure on environmental regulations’
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Germany: Treat them mean...
24 May 2013129 3 Der Tagesspiegel Berlin -
Editorial: Bad climate
7 December 201233 3Presseurop -
Geopolitics: Denmark sets course for North Pole
7 August 2012134 2 Politiken Copenhagen -
Tar sands: EU bows to oil lobby pressure
1 March 2012394 7 Trouw Amsterdam -
Geopolitics: United, but not with Europe
9 February 201019 2 Wprost Warsaw -
Copenhagen Conference: Climate summit not much COP
6 November 2009PresseuropThe Independent -
Germany: Brussels sparks row over Opel’s future
20 October 2009PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
Afghanistan: McChrystal calls for fresh blood
22 September 2009PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
Germany: How long is the Opel lifeline?
11 September 2009PresseuropFrankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung -
Germany: Ghost comes back to haunt CDU
4 August 2009PresseuropFrankfurter Rundschau -
EU / Canada: Europe unites in squabble over visas
28 July 2009PresseuropHospodářské Noviny -
Geopolitics: Denmark pushes to the Pole
20 July 2009PresseuropPolitiken -
Immigration: Canada punishes Czechs
14 July 2009469PresseuropHospodářské Noviny -
Globalization: G8 needs a gee up
8 July 20091 Presseurop
En route to the Arctic to affirm sovereignty over an area of ocean floor and possible oil reserves, the Danish expedition to the North Pole will likely prompt opposition from both the Russian government and environmentalists, reports Politiken.
The European Commission proposal to label oil produced from tar sands as highly polluting has been vetoed by London and The Hague. However, Trouw argues that it is not too late to defend the public interest.
The good news is that from Asia to the Americas, an increasing number of countries are coming together to create unions inspired by the EU. And the bad news? In the long term these entities may overshadow the EU on the world stage, worries Polish weekly Wprost.
Haphazard organization, inconsistent agenda, the Italian PM’s derelict leadership: the G8 now getting under way in L'Aquila, Italy, is the object of widespread and acerbic criticism. “The summit is no longer representative of the current economic scene,” objects Brazilian president Lula in an interview with Le Monde. More generally, the European press wonders whether the G8 still serves any purpose at all.