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                <language>en</language><item><title>Fiscal treaty | Ireland begins bitter referendum debate</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1468471-ireland-begins-bitter-referendum-debate</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Fiscal  treaty designed to avoid Irish referendum,&rdquo; headlines the Irish Times.  According to Irish law, all new EU treaties must be put to [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:47:40 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>European Council | Locomotive | Cartoon (Le Temps, Geneva)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/cartoon/1464991-locomotive</link><description><![CDATA[Locomotive (Cartoon)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/picture/CHAPPATTE-allemagne-490.jpg" length="138515" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:59:36 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>European Council | The Don Quixotes of Brussels (El País, Madrid)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1464941-don-quixotes-brussels</link><description><![CDATA[At best, the measures adopted at the January 30 summit – the fiscal treaty and the economic growth plan – are meant, at best, to overcome the mistakes of the past year and a half, says columnist Xavier Vidal-Folch. At worst, they’re part of a recurring sham. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/FABER_europa.jpg" length="52920" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:25:41 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>European Council | Angela Merkel has gone too far</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1464371-angela-merkel-has-gone-too-far</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;The woman who went out into the cold&rdquo;: the expression in S&uuml;ddeutsche Zeitung refers to the undeniably frosty reception for Angela Merkel&rsquo;s performance at the [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:08:12 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Fiscal compact | Prague keeps its distance</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1463771-prague-keeps-its-distance</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Neither yes or no. The  Czech Republic stands alone in the union,&rdquo; announces Hospod&aacute;řsk&eacute; Noviny  in the wake of yesterday&rsquo;s adoption of the [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:32:33 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>European Union | Myth of equality at an end (Gazeta Wyborcza, Warsaw)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1404381-myth-equality-end</link><description><![CDATA[Whether it’s the planned European treaty, the S&amp;P downgrade of nine eurozones states or reprimands issued to Hungary, recent events in the EU have highlighted how powerful countries are now imposing their law on their smaller neighbours. Polish columnist Jacek Żkowski aims to set the record straight. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/KAZANEVSKY_inegalités.jpg" length="118011" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:25:32 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Fiscal Union | New treaty - a legal and economic headache</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1286961-new-treaty-legal-and-economic-headache</link><description><![CDATA[Only  a few days after the December 9 agreement on a new treaty to bind the  EU&rsquo;s economies more closely, &ldquo;Franco-German hopes&rdquo; are [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:57:36 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>United Kingdom | Clegg's sulk over Cameron's EU veto</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1281891-clegg-s-sulk-over-cameron-s-eu-veto</link><description><![CDATA[As  British MPs gathered in the Commons to listen to the PM David Cameron&rsquo;s  statement on his historic vetoing of a new EU-wide [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Independent-100.jpg" length="39589" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:47:15 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>European Council | Britain - like the Cayman Islands, in the rain (The Independent, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1277451-britain-cayman-islands-rain</link><description><![CDATA[In walking away from greater European integration in order to defend the privileges of the City, David Cameron has hopelessly relegated the UK to the status of an irrelevant island state at the margins of Europe, argues John Lichfield. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/cayman-city_2.jpg" length="108640" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:08:30 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>European Council | EU just can't accept that Britain is right (The Daily Telegraph, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1277441-eu-just-can-t-accept-britain-right</link><description><![CDATA[If Britain is marginalised after last week’s fractious European Council, it’s only because the continent is furious that the UK never signed up to its troubled euro project, argues the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/shrank-2-speed_0.jpg" length="111461" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:56:50 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>European Council | Hungary's diplomatic zigzags</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1277421-hungary-s-diplomatic-zigzags</link><description><![CDATA[On  the morning of &nbsp;9 December, Hungary was the only other EU&nbsp;country to follow the  United Kingdom in its outright refusal to back [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:46:48 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>European council | The unravelling has begun</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1277281-unravelling-has-begun</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Within  the old Union a new one, concentrated around the eurozone, is born&rdquo;,  leads Gazeta Wyborcza after the &ldquo;last chance&rdquo; European Council &nbsp;meeting [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:38:17 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Croatia | Welcome | Cartoon (Al-Mustaqbal, Beirut)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/cartoon/1268281-welcome</link><description><![CDATA[Welcome (Cartoon)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/picture/bleibel-croatia.jpg" length="49966" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:55:45 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>European Union | Union of fear</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1267821-union-fear</link><description><![CDATA[For the first time since the start of the debt crisis, Greece has not been at the centre of discussions at the European Council. But [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:37:19 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | Van Rompuy and Barroso to the rescue</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1257631-van-rompuy-and-barroso-rescue</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Van  Rompuy and his plan for Europe&rdquo;, leads the Spanish daily El Pa&iacute;s,  referring to the plan for immediate action that European Council [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:02:49 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debate | Jürgen Habermas: democracy is at stake (Le Monde, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1106741-juergen-habermas-democracy-stake</link><description><![CDATA[The Eurozone crisis has raised calls for greater political integration of the EU. However, sociologist Jürgen Habermas argues that the tactics adopted by European leaders have sidelined what should be their main priority: the well-being of citizens, established within a democratic framework. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/AJUBEL_democracy.jpg" length="109108" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:41:52 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debt crisis | Portuguese promises, Greek guarantees</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/737321-portuguese-promises-greek-guarantees</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Passos offers guarantees to European leaders, Greece promised fresh help&rdquo;, runs a headline in today&rsquo;s P&uacute;blico. The Lisbon newspaper says that leaders of the European [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/110624publicopt.jpg" length="7176" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:44:57 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Europact | Life in the new bloc(k) (Rzeczpospolita, Warsaw)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/570291-life-new-block</link><description><![CDATA[The europact, which the EU’s 27 member states are discussing today in Brussels, will pave the way for a complete overhaul &quot;of the European economic bloc(k).&quot; To ensure that it will able to weather stormy conditions on financial markets, the chief architects, France and Germany, are emphasising functionality and security over variety. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/koscielniak-house.jpg" length="41155" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 17:52:25 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>European Council | Eurozone rushes ahead (Presseurop, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/568291-eurozone-rushes-ahead</link><description><![CDATA[The EU27 have gathered for a European Council devoted primarily to an “integrated response” by the Union to the eurozone crisis – starting with the Europact. The European press, however, regrets the postponement of discussions on reforming the European financial stabilisation fund and laments the birth of a two-speed Europe. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/European-summit-brussels.jpg" length="62990" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:18:21 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>European Council | Euro, curse of the 17 Sisyphus (La Tribune, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/568091-euro-curse-17-sisyphus</link><description><![CDATA[European Council summits organised since the onset of the Greek crisis have not been sufficient to prevent Europe from sinking into recession and political crisis — a fact that will remain unchanged by the 24/25 March meeting of member state leaders, writes La Tribune. Europe is faced with a straight choice: reduce the burden on over-indebted countries or organise their exit from the Eurozone. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Euro-summit.jpg" length="36963" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:53:42 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Portugal | Exit Sócrates, enter IMF?</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/567471-exit-socrates-enter-imf</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;He leaves. And goes to the voters,&rdquo; headlines i after the resignation of Portuguese PM Jos&eacute; S&oacute;crates, whose austerity plan was rejected by parliament on [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/i-24032011-100.jpg" length="42445" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:59:25 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debt crisis | Portugal - opting for the shipwreck (Público, Lisbon)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/565871-portugal-opting-shipwreck</link><description><![CDATA[His new austerity plan rejected by parliament, Portuguese PM José Sócrates has resigned on the eve of European Council in Brussels 24/25 March. With elections on the horizon, the country is headed for a destiny similar to that of Greece’s, argues a Público columnist. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Portugal-austerity_0.JPG" length="107727" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:31:33 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Belgium  | Anti-austerity march on European Council</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/565521-anti-austerity-march-european-council</link><description><![CDATA[Brussels is preparing for a &ldquo;high-tension&rdquo; summit, writes Le Soir. In the run-up to the European Council meeting of 24 and 25 March, several Belgian [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Le-Soir-23032011-100.jpg" length="44226" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 12:51:18 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone Crisis | Lisbon treaty tweaked for stronger euro</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/433221-lisbon-treaty-tweaked-stronger-euro</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;EU creates a permanent stability mechanism to reinforce euro,&rdquo; headlines El Pa&iacute;s. The Madrid daily explains that on 16 December the EU27 agreed a &quot;mini-reform&quot; [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/17122010-El-Pais-150.jpg" length="14926" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:28:16 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Kosovo | Was Europe blind? (Presseurop, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/433801-was-europe-blind</link><description><![CDATA[The European Council report released on 15 December accusing Kosovo’s leadership of organ trafficking raises plenty of questions about the EU’s indulgent attitude towards prime minister Hashim Thaçi and former Albanian separatists. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Hashim-Thaci.jpg" length="55946" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:13:38 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>European council | All a blur at the Euro-summit (Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/432271-all-blur-euro-summit</link><description><![CDATA[A naysaying chancellor from Germany, allied with a fickle president from France, up against massive but irresolute resistance at the EU&#039;s 16/17 December summit. Is this how Europe saves its currency? (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/eu-council-flou.jpg" length="62280" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:41:49 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>European council | Euro seeks caring country</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/426551-euro-seeks-caring-country</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;EU seeks new formulas to strengthen its currency,&rdquo; headlines P&uacute;blico ahead of the European Council summit of 16 and 17 December. The Madrid daily reports [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/13122010-Publico-100.jpg" length="19912" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 16:38:45 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Lisbon Treaty | How the treaty saved our skins (El País, Madrid)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/411861-how-treaty-saved-our-skins</link><description><![CDATA[In the year since the controversial treaty came into effect, Europe has been turned inside out by the crisis. Yet far from being a dead letter, Lisbon could well end up helping get us out of this mess, argues a prominent Spanish commentator (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/mayk-lisbon.jpg" length="18593" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 01:12:44 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>European Council | President Van Rompuy - is it really a year?</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/394531-president-van-rompuy-it-really-year</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Herman Van Rompuy is not the president of the European people,&quot; announces Le Soir. A year after his appointment as the first permanent President of [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/18112010-Le-Soir-100.jpg" length="17275" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:10:20 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>EU Presidency | Belgium sets its sights low</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/284811-belgium-sets-its-sights-low</link><description><![CDATA[Belgium is to take over the rotating EU presidency from Spain on 1 July. In the meantime, however, Belgian political leaders are immersed in tricky [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/brief/uebe.jpg" length="27938" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:40:17 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>EU presidency | Madrid slumps out (El País, Madrid)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/284781-madrid-slumps-out</link><description><![CDATA[The six months it spent at the head of the European Union were something of an ordeal for the Spanish government, which had to contend with the economic crisis, the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty and a lack of strategic vision in the EU — circumstances that highlighted the downgrading of the rotating presidency. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/zapatero-sad.jpg" length="15707" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:31:53 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Finance | Eurozone overhaul (Die Zeit, Hamburg)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/190221-eurozone-overhaul</link><description><![CDATA[It’s the rebirth of the euro. The EU has decided to bail out Greece, even if it means breaching the terms of its own treaties. The rescue will help not only the Greeks, but also the euro – and even the reluctant German taxpayer, rejoices Die Zeit. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/euro-borns.jpg" length="121125" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:22:54 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>A new map of Europe | Editorial</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/editorial/189391-new-map-europe</link><description><![CDATA[This week in European politics will not be forgotten soon. For the first time ever, the EU&#039;s 27 member states have decided to extend a helping hand to one of their number in financial difficulty. The significance of the guarantees granted to Greece, which were announced at the extraordinary summit in Brussels on 11 February, cannot be understated. The fact that Germany, encouraged by France, has accepted to underwrite a debt stricken country, is the expression of paradigm shift in the management of the eurozone, which could herald enduring change in the EU.
This current emergency, which is likely to be one of many in an economic crisis that is not yet over, has marked the emergence of a geography of the EU. The markets, or more precisely some market players like the speculative funds that aim to undermine certain bond values, have become the de facto enemies of the European project. Right now their focus is on the weaker economies in the EU, but these economic players have demonstrated that they constitute an existential threat to stability everywhere in Europe. It is on this basis that the crisis has the potential to prompt a renewed drive to balance the creation of wealth and harmonise economic practices in Europe&#039;s 27 member states.
Having managed the economic life of the euro zone for years, notably through the setting of interest rates, the European Central Bank, which does not have a mandate to intervene in a situation like the current Greek malaise, has been forced to defer to the authority of Europe&#039;s member states. There are some problems that cannot be solved in Frankfurt. The same applies to the new European Commission, approved earlier this week, which played no significant role in the drafting of the rescue plan. As far as Brussels is concerned, the Greek crisis is a matter for the European Council.
Given that the United Kingdom remains outside the eurozone, London, both as a political capital and financial centre, has remained on the margins of discussions for decisions taken this week, which has reinforced the authority of the Paris-Berlin axis. It remains to be seen what Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel, who do not always see eye to eye, will make of their reinforced leading role.
The need for a common economic policy, which has long been postponed, is now more acute than ever. And there is plenty of evidence to suggest that an economic federation is beginning to take shape behind the borderless map of Europe&#039;s Schengen Area. In the wake of the snub constituted by the cancellation of Barack Obama&#039;s visit, the EU is embroiled in debate about the nature of its own future. In the bid to recover its prestige, it must take into account the new geography resulting from developments in the global economy, if it is to function correctly and reassert its authority in the arena of international affairs.&nbsp; Eric Maurice
 (Editorial)]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:00:24 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone | Let Brussels take the helm (Presseurop, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/187801-let-brussels-take-helm</link><description><![CDATA[The EU 27 meeting in Brussels this Thursday could herald the birth of a sort of European “economic government”. This conclusion, long resisted by certain countries, now seems inescapable, what with Europe in the vice grip of an unprecedent financial crisis, reports the European press. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/euro-recession-2010.jpg" length="149920" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:55:48 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>European Union | Van Rompuy to lay out crisis battle plan</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/186431-van-rompuy-lay-out-crisis-battle-plan</link><description><![CDATA[Herman Van Rompuy has made his &quot;grand entrance&rdquo;, announces Le Soir. On 11 February the permanent president of the European Council is rounding up European [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/le-soir-09022010.jpg" length="39047" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:10:03 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Swine Flu | Was the pandemic a scam?</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/164701-was-pandemic-scam</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;They organised the hysteria,&quot; headlines L&#039;Humanit&eacute;, &quot;they&quot; meaning the pharmaceutical lobbies. The charge is levelled by Wolfgang Wodarg, chairman of the health committee at the [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Humanite-010710.jpg" length="45079" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:51:12 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Language | French takes leave of Belgium (Le Monde, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/159521-french-takes-leave-belgium</link><description><![CDATA[Not just in international institutions but everywhere in Brussels the French language continues to lose ground to English. As Le Monde&#039;s Belgian correspondent explains, in a country with no lingua franca, the language of Shakespeare allows speakers to avoid choosing between French and Flemish. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/bruxelles-anglais_2.JPG" length="126836" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:21:12 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>High Representative | The bureaucratic monster at her feet (Der Spiegel, Hamburg)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/141121-bureaucratic-monster-her-feet</link><description><![CDATA[With her appointment as the EU High Representative for Foreign Policy, Catherine Ashton has become overnight one of the world’s most powerful women. But her role, considered even more prestigious than that of EU President, is not without pitfalls, reports Der Spiegel. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/bureaucratie-europenne-2.jpg" length="101407" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:12:05 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>European Council | Electing the president, behind closed doors (Presseurop, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/140061-electing-president-behind-closed-doors</link><description><![CDATA[On 19 November, leaders of Europe&#039;s 27 member states will settle the question of who is to head the European Council and the EU&#039;s diplomatic service. However, for the European press, a process which should have marked a milestone on the road to European integration has been marred by a lack of transparency. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Presidence-UE.JPG" length="180844" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:41:01 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Institutions | A man&#039;s man&#039;s man&#039;s EU (La Stampa, Turin)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/139191-mans-mans-mans-eu</link><description><![CDATA[Though women make up the majority of the European population, they are underrepresented in key institutional posts. As the 27 convene to pick the personages to hold the highest offices in the Union, women are demanding action on the parity principle. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/gender-equality-2.jpg" length="94305" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:02:53 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>After Lisbon (5) | EU presidency: Round 1 (Presseurop, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/127531-eu-presidency-round-1</link><description><![CDATA[Though the topic will not be on the agenda at the European Council meeting in Brussels starting 29 October, it’s bound to be on everyone’s mind. Who will be the next face of the EU? The voice that answers on that famed “single telephone number” that Henry Kissinger wanted, in vain, for Europe? The European press are placing their bets. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/boxing.jpg" length="19197" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:23:17 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debate | Europe, the future frontiers (Le Monde, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/116501-europe-future-frontiers</link><description><![CDATA[As the political situation on its periphery evolves, the EU needs to clearly define its borders, argues geopolitician Michel Foucher in Le Monde, especially in regard to Turkish accession, on which the Commission is publishing its annual report today. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/frontiere-asie-europe.jpg" length="171173" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:39:23 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>After Lisbon (2) | Europe's plot to take over the world (Financial Times, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/110111-europe-s-plot-take-over-world</link><description><![CDATA[Strengthened by Ireland’s ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, the European Union, it is argued, may now be on the verge of becoming a global superpower. The way to achieve this ambition, notes Gideon Rachman in the Financial Times, is in using the new platform that the G20 offers. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/risk-game.jpg" length="49208" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:42:17 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>GLOBAL WARMING | The 100 billion euro plan (La Stampa, Turin)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/93791-100-billion-euro-plan</link><description><![CDATA[With three months left to run before the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (COP15), Europe aims to lead the way in the battle against global warming. In a document to be presented to the European Council on 10 September, the European Commission has provided details of the measures it intends to propose. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/pollution-helsinki-COP15.jpg" length="27342" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:38:06 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Ireland | The rocky road to Lisbon (Financial Times, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/91441-rocky-road-lisbon</link><description><![CDATA[October 2, Ireland will decide on the Lisbon Treaty for a second time. While many predict that it will come back into the European fold as a means to emerge from deep economic recession, new polls suggest that the No vote is resurgent, reports the Financial Times. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/ireland-yes-2009_0.jpg" length="51346" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:05:30 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Foreign policy | The trouble with Javier (Gazeta Wyborcza, Warsaw)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/55431-trouble-javier</link><description><![CDATA[The EU&#039;s High Representative for foreign affairs has just announced that he will leave his post this autumn. Forever dependent on member states&#039; goodwill, his record is a mixed one, reports Gazeta Wyborcza. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/javier-solana_1.jpg" length="46042" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:50:36 +0100</pubDate></item>
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