European elections 2009, Margot WALLSTRÖM, EC Vice-President voting in Sweden

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European elections 2009, Margot WALLSTRÖM, EC Vice-President voting in Sweden

EU anti-piracy mission goes into 6th month

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This video report, produced by the European Council for its own website and YouTube channel, gives an official update on the current state of the EU NavFor Atalanta mission, designed to fight piracy in the Gulf of Aden and the

Opel: EU won’t tolerate “economic nationalism”, says Verheugen

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European Commissioner Gunter Verheugen, responsible for Enterprise and Industry, told a press conference on Thursday that the European Commission will not accept “economic nationalism” in the rescue package that currently is being negotiated over German car maker Opel, a unit

Kroes Warns Germany, UK On State Aid for Opel – GM

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A spokesman for EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes on Thursday made it clear that the European Commission has warned the German and UK government not to breach EU rules on state aid when adopting a new rescue plan for car

European Parliament seeks to lure young voters

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Inspired by the success of Barack Obama’s recent presidential campaign, the European Parliament has turned to social networking websites like Myspace and Facebook, in a bid to reach out to young people. This video report was made available to broadcasters

Pat Cox: Non-European issues ‘too often’ dominate EU vote

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Former President of the European Parliament Pat Cox speaks on the reasons for the lack of popularity of the European elections.

Borrell: Wariness in EU project needs to be reversed

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Josep Borrell Fontelles, Prsident of the European Parliament between 2004 and 2006, says if the EU does not manage to reverse the wariness in the European project

Plumb: UK voters do not understand EU history

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Charles Henry Plumb, president of the European parliament between 1987 and 1989, says the low turnout in the UK is explained by the lack of understanding of the history of the European parliament.

Baron Crespo: Citizens Have Right Not to Vote

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Enrique Baron Crespo, one of the three former Spanish presidents of the European Parliament, says citizens are entitle to the right not to vote in the European elections. The EU is not a dictatorship, he says.

London: Will you vote in the European elections?

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People on the streets of London are asked if they are going to vote in the next week’s European elections. These interviews were made available to broadcasters by the European parliament.

Hix Predicts Historic Low Turnout in European Elections

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Simon Hix, a political scientist at the London School of Economics, predicts an historic low turnout in the 2009 European elections, of possibly below 40 percent.

FT: Covering EU parliament is “too expensive” for most news organizations

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George Parker, former Brussels correspondent for the Financial Times, says that covering the European Parliament is too expensive for most newspapers and other news organizations.

RES Quiz

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If YOU know something about research hit the buzzer! More information: www.ec.europa.eu

First ever on-line vote cast in EU elections

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Estonia is the first country in the EU to have on-line voting for the European Parliament elections. Vahur Orrin from Tallinn took the chance to become the first man ever to vote on-line when he cast his vote in Brussels

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One Injured in New Berlaymont Incident: Brussels Fire Chief An officer in the Brussels fire department talks to journalists about the reasons for the second evacuation of the European Commission’s Berlaymont in nine days. One person was treated for burn

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Kroes Pleased With European Music-Licensing Deal European Commissioner for Competition Neelie Kroes has welcomed progress made towards pan-European music licensing following discussions in the Online Commerce Roundtable. Her spokesman Jonathan Todd explains.

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Berlaymont Evacuated as Heating Failure Triggers Fire Alarm A fire alarm has triggered another evacuation of the European Commission in Brussels, just nine days after a blaze damaged part of the building. This time there was some flooding on the

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Swedish Arrest Pirates video from monday may 26

Al Gore: “Mother Nature Does Not Do Bailouts”

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Former US Vice President Al Gore addresses the World Business Summit on Climate Change in Copenhagen.

Barroso: Low Turnout in European Elections Would Undermine EU

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A low turnout in the elections for the European Parliament next week would undermine the credibility of the European Union in general and the parliament in particular, says Jose Manuel Barroso in a speech at the University of Copenhagen.

Women in the European Parliament

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This program is about the women in the European Parliament. It has been produced and made available to broadcasters by the audiovisual services of the European Parliament.

How Brussels Became Capital of the EU

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It’s a city within a city, an unmissable power hub. Presenting Europe, in Brussels. The institutions have three and a half million square metres of office and meeting space, and 50.000 people working in them. This programme was made available

ALDE: The Liberal-Democrat Group in the EU Parliament

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This programme is a profile of the ALDE Group in the European Parliament, which combines the liberals from various European Union Member States. It was made available to broadcasters by the AV department of the European parliament.

EPP, Christian-Democrat Group in the EU Parliament

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This program is about the EPP Group in the European Parliament, which unites mostly christian-democrat parties from the EU member states. It was made available to broadcasters by the audiovisual services of the European Parliament.

PSE, Socialist Group in the EU Parliament

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This program is about the PSE Group in the European Parliament, which unites the socialists and social-democrat parties from EU Member States. It was made available to broadcasters by the European parliament.

Day-in-the-live report follows MEP

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A Day in the Life of a European Parliament Member “A day in the life” of an MEP, a member of the European Parliament. This program was made available to broadcasters by the European Parliament.

Ban Ki-Moon: Climate Change is ‘Game Changer’

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UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon addresses the World Business Summit on Climate Change in Copenhagen.

YOU control climate change!

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www.climatechange.eu.com Teenagers from 21 EU Member States get animated about climate change. Here they present their top tips for tackling one of the greatest environmental challenges facing us today.

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Europese Verkiezingen 2009: De Limburgse Kandidaten EUX.TV verslaggever Raymond Frenken praat met enkele Limburgse kandidaten voor het Europees Parlement die meedoen aan de Europese verkiezingen op 4 juni 2009. Michiel Dijkman uit Kerkrade is de jongste kandidaat op de lijst

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Maastricht Wants to be European Capital of Culture in 2018 Maastricht is in the race to become European Capital of Culture in 2018. It is a long way from the nomination to the selection… Why should Maastricht participate in this

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Maastricht in Race to Become European Capital of Culture Maastricht is in the race to become European Capital of Culture in 2018. It is a long way from the nomination to the selection… Why should Maastricht participate in this race

The 2004-2009 European Parliament in Review

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This is the review for the 2004-2009 European Parliament that was produced by the European Union’s parliament audiovisual service and made available to broadcasters. For the full script:

20th Anniversary of democratic change in Central and Eastern Europe

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The Berlin Wall – to the rest of the world – is the symbol of the division of Europe. Its not what ended communism. Its not what started the collapse

Berlaymont Fire Under Control

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A fire erupted around lunchtime on Monday in the European Commission’s Berlaymont building in Brussels, forcing the evacuation of thousands of bureaucrats. Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso had to walk down the stairs from the top floor of the 13-floor

European Elections Underway on EUX.TV

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Take the survey and let us know how to vote for the European Parliament on the 4th of June in the Netherlands, if we are to vote at all. EUX.TV founder Raymond Frenken is offering his vote in the European

Norway Wins Eurovision Song Contest

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Norwegian singer Alexander Rybak’s performance of Fairytale after having won the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest, held in Moscow.

Northwood, UK: Command centre of EU anti-piracy mission

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The HQ of the European Union’s antipiracy mission in the Gulf of Aden and the Somali basin is at the British naval base in Northwood, just outside London. Rear Admiral Philip Jones shows EU Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana the

Admiral: “Hundreds” of warships needed to fight piracy

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Rear-Admiral Philip Jones, Operation Commander of EU NAVFOR Somalia held a press conference on counter-piracy operation. The operation, called Operation Atalanta, is the European Union’s first naval task force, and it has been assembled to ensure the protection of vessels

IMF: Bad banks should “not be left living endlessly”

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Non-viable banks burdened with bad debt should not be “left living among the dead,” a senior IMF director tells a conference on the economic crisis in Brussels.

Almunia: EU approach to crisis fails

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European Commissioner Joaquin Almunia confesses that the EU’s economic monitoring system failed to detect the economic crisis on time and that the initial European response to the crisis was inadequate. Almunia made the comment while addressing the 2009 Brussels Economic

Monti: Growing Inequality is “Key Test” for Market Economy

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Former European Competition Commissioner Mario Monti addresses the 2009 Brussels Economic Forum and underlines the line for coordination action among the EU member states to address the economic crisis.

Nicholas Stern on Climate Change

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British economist and leading climate change expert Nicholas Stern gives his vision on the US progress ot deal with climate change, during a press point at the Berlaymont building of the European Commission.

Pachauri: Climate Change will be ‘major drag’ on all of life

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Rajendra Kumar Pachauri, the chairman of the UN’s International Panel on Climate Change, warns that the impact of global warming will be a “major drag” on all aspects of human life in the years to come.

Intel Fined $1.45 Bln in EU Antitrust Case

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EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes tells a press conference in Brussels that she has decided to slap a record fine of 1.06 billion euro ($1.45 billion) on the world’s biggest chip maker Intel Inc. for having abused its market position

Entropa, controversial art work, removed from EU council walls

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EUX.TV managed to exclusively film the taking-down of the controversial Entropa artwork in the atrium of the European Council before security guards ask our reporter to stop filming. Less than one week after a new Czech Prime Minister took office

European Solar Days coming up

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The European Solar Days 2009 will take place between May 15 and May 22, with more than 5000 events throughout Europe, two industry associations have announced. The European Solar Days aim at raising awareness on solar energy (both solar thermal

Azerbaijan tipped as Eurovision winner

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The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has an official YouTube channel for the Eurovision song contest, taking place on Moscow on Saturday. And the winner is…. Azerbaijan, with a song called ‘always’ sung by Aysel & Arash. At least, if we

Rwanda genocide, the saga continues

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Reports from Rwanda suggest that President Paul Kagame is telling people that they must dig up the victims of the genocide committed 15 years ago, and to bring them a centralized locations for burial. If the family does not bring

A Goal for Peace

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Friendly football match between FC Molenbeek Brussels – Palestinian National Football Team May 6th 2009 For 60 years UNRWA (UN Relief agency for Palestinian refugees) has worked for Palestinian refugees

EuroparlTV viewer freaks out, votes for change

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The European Parliament seems to be giving up on its 40-million-euro EuroparlTV webtv project, now that it has launched its own Youtube channel. Less than a week after its launch, this video is the most popular one with more than