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CES panel debate on Europe’s economy: Will Europe Bounce Back?

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CES panel debate on Europe’s economy: Will Europe Bounce Back?

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Snows of Kilimanjaro wins EP LUX prize

admin — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:27:12 +0000

“Les neiges du Kilimandjaro” by Robert Guédiguian on Wednesday won the LUX Cinema Prize for 2011. President of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek,announced the winner during a plenary chamber ceremony in Strasbourg. The others two finalists were “Attenberg”, by Athina Rachel Tsangari and “Play” by Ruben Östlund.

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Europe has mixed feelings about Eastern Partnership

admin — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 22:07:18 +0000

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. These are the 6 ex-Soviet countries hoping to get their European aspirations matched in the so-called Eastern Partnership summit this week in Warsaw. Europe’s single market and visa liberalisation is what they are after. In exchange, Europe wants to see democratic reforms in countries that have traditionally struggled with establishing democracy and the rule of law. Europe also wants good relations with the eastern neighbors in order to help ensure energy security. But this week’s no-show of French and British leaders in Warsaw points at the lukewarm interest of European politicians in their eastern neighbors. You can also ask if the former Soviet republics really want to get closer to Europe? Ukraine, which was close to signing a trade agreement, recently hurt its relations with Europe by jailing opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, whose trial has been described by the Union as “politically motivated”. The situation in Belarus remains bad. Repression and detention of political prisoners has sent relations with Belarus back to square one. Its president Lukashenka, also known as the last dictator in Europe, is banned from traveling to the EU and hasn’t been invited to the summit. Catherine Ashton, EU’s foreign policy chief, repeatedly expresses her concern over the democracy situation in both Belarus and Ukraine. Back in 2009, the Kremlin warned the European Union not to turn the Eastern Partnership into a …

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In the euro area, everyone is disoriented, says Eurogroup Chief Juncker

admin — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 01:32:19 +0000

Eurogroup Chief Jean-Claude Juncker appears somewhat confused after the meeting on Wroclaw, Poland, on Friday. “In the euro area, everyone is disoriented,” said Juncker at the press conference, cracking a joke for the audience after he had mistaken two upcoming deadlines in the Greek debt crisis. “I hope you don’t mean the Commission would be disoriented, that would be impossible by definition,” European Commissioner Olli Rehn said as he attempted to entertain the audience of journalists attending the press conference. “The Commission is not disoriented but the Commission is sometimes disorienting,” Juncker continued amid laughter, suggesting the Commission might have lacked coherence in its response to the debt crisis. Rehn retorted saying he was “trying to navigate in the sea of 17 euro area member states,” in an apparent reference to the cacophony of diverging national voices that have fuelled market uncertainty and worsened the eurozone debt crisis. Read the full story on EurActiv.com at www.euractiv.com

Wroclaw mass protest calls for European solidarity

admin — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 21:34:57 +0000

Close to 40.000 protesters from across Poland took to the streets of Wroclaw on Saturday to call for solidarity in Europe and to protest against austerity packages. “No to austerity, you pay”; tens of thousands of people took unions’ invitations to protest in Wroclaw. The protest march was held at the same time as the informal Ecofin summit. A loud and multi-colored river of people armed with whistles and horns blocked the Polish city’s roads, progressively moving from the conference venue to the city center. The turnout exceeded even the forecast of 30000 predicted by the organizers, and led to Europe’s finance ministers drawing the meeting to an early close in order to avoid becoming stuck on the road and thus missing their flights.

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Wroclaw sees mass protest for European solidarity, EU finance ministers leave early

admin — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 21:08:25 +0000

Tens of thousands took to the streets of Wroclaw, Poland on Saturday to call for more European solidarity as European countries are adopting austerity measures. Finance ministers ended their meeting early on Saturday to make sure that the protest would not keep them from flying back to their capitals.

ECB chief attempts to ease Chinese concerns over euro crisis

admin — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 18:28:39 +0000

European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet answers a question from a Chinese CCTV reporter about the euro crisis. Is this informal Ecofin meeting in Poland really bringing Europe closer to solving the euro crisis? It looks like nothing has been achieved. No new measures have been agreed here in Wroclaw, but that’s just the way things go at informal meetings like this one. Greece underlined its commitment to meet its fiscal targets for this year and next. That also not a major new development. United States Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner met with the euro finance ministers and pressed for unity. He warned that if Europe can’t solve its problems on its own, then outsiders like the US, or maybe even China, may have to intervene. The message from meetings such as this one not always in words only. It can also be in what one sees. That seems to be the case here in Wroclaw. After the traditional family photo, Eurogroup President Jean-Claude Juncker stayed in his seat to talk to German finance minister Wolfgang Schauble. Being seen talking to Germany’s top official at this meeting is a clear signal that the eurogroup is not happy with mixed messages coming out of Berlin. Germany has been under fire in recent days for speaking with different voices on the pros and cons of creating Eurobonds. Merkel has openly questioned Eurobonds, while the European Commission on Wednesday announced plans for formal proposals during the coming months. And other German ministers this …

Poland remains committed to introducing the euro, FinMin tells EUX.TV

admin — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 18:22:49 +0000

Polish Finance Minister Jan Vincent Rostowski on Saturday told EUX.TV his country remains committed to replace its zloty with the euro, but only when the time is right to do so. This despite the crisis with Europe’s single currency and the uncertainty caused by the prospect of a Greek government default. A press report out of Brussels earlier this week suggested that new European Union member states would no longer be obligated to adopt the euro as their currency. Most of the countries that became member of the union in 2004 still have to introduce the euro, but they need to meet criteria to do so first.

Trichet responds to Geithner’s ‘damage from Europe’ comment: EUX.TV

admin — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 18:07:16 +0000

Jean-Claude Trichet, President of the European Central Bank, on Saturday said that the advanced nature of international economies requires increasing international cooperation between regulators such as central banks and finance ministries when it comes to dealing with crises. Trichet made his comment in answer to an EUX.TV question, asking for his reaction to a comment made a day earlier by United States Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, who spoke on Friday to eurogroup ministers after the “damage caused to us from Europe.” Geithner’s comment was accidentally made public by the audiovisual services working for the Polish EU presidency at the finance ministers meeting in Wroclaw, Poland.

Geithner urges unity among euro countries

admin — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 20:57:33 +0000

United States Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner on Friday met informally with finance ministers of the 27 euro countries, who have gather for a two-day meeting in Wroclaw, Poland, in an attempt to find structural solutions to the euro crisis. US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Friday urged euro-zone finance ministers and the European Central Bank to work together to solve the region’s debt crisis and to enhance the power of the region’s rescue fund amid signs officials have yet to overcome divisions over how to proceed, MarketWatch has reported. Geithner told reporters on the sidelines of the meeting of European finance ministers in Wroclaw, Poland, that divisions between the ECB and European governments were particularly damaging and that officials must avoid “loose talk” abut dismantling euro institutions.

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Ecofin talks start in Wroclaw, Poland

admin — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:34:49 +0000

Eurogroup finance ministers and central bankers began meeting at 7.30 on Friday at the Ecofin meeting in Wroclaw Poland. EUXTV’s Raymond Frenken will do a brief live report on the talks around 1030 CET.

Polish city of Wroclaw hosts make-or-break euro talks

admin — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 04:18:40 +0000

Wroclaw. The fourth-largest city in Poland. Home to 660.000 people and a brand-new football stadium That opened less than a week ago with a high-profile boxing match Between Poland Adamek and World Heavyweight Champion Klitschko of the Ukraine. But this Friday, Wroclaw is hosting an entirely different kind of fight. A fight o save the common European currency, the euro. Anyone who is somebody in Europe with direct influence on Europe’s financial and economic situation will meet here at Centennial Hall, a venue that in the past has hosted famous people such as Adolf Hitler, Marlene Dietrich and Pope John Paul II. It will be up to the finance ministers and central bankers to find a solution for the euro crisis. That is certainly not going to be easy. These crucial talks are not just about saving the Greek economy, or about preventing the Greek government from defaulting. No, this really is about saving the single European currency, and, as a consequence, about saving the European project. The question here in Wroclaw is: How far are political leaders in Europe willing to go to save the Euro? Doing that already is difficult. Explaining that to votes may be even more difficult. Raymond Frenken. EUX.TV

Euro talks attempt to resuscitate the single currency: Live from Wroclaw, Poland

admin — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 21:44:30 +0000

Finance minsters and central bankers will meet in Wroclaw, Poland on Friday and Saturday to discuss the second rescue package for Greece, eurobonds, and everything else about the eurozone crisis. EUX.TV’s Raymond Frenken plans live updates from Wroclaw to report on this latest attempt to resuscitate the euro.

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Euro talks attempt to resuscitate the single currency: Live from Wroclaw, Poland

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Sopot Gymnich talks raise Syria, Libya, Eastern Partnership

admin — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 19:54:07 +0000

Foreign ministers of the 27 member states of the European Union met in Sopot, Poland, at the weekend for their informal meeting under the Polish presidency of the European Union in the second half of 2011. The ministers, together with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, discussed the EU’s plans to support Libya, a possible oil embargo for Syria and the ‘Eastern Partnership’, the strategy for dealing with countries such as Ukraine, Belarus and Russia. The twice-yearly informal meeting of EU foreign ministers is also known as the ‘Gymnich’ meeting, named after the town in Germany where such regular meeting was first held.

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Euro crisis, Arab countries top EU agenda as Brussels gets back to work

admin — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 22:31:47 +0000

Europe’s economy, the troubles with Greece and the euro and relations with Europe’s neighbors in the East and the Arab world are at the top of the EU’s agenda as eurocrats in Brussels return from their summer break and get back to work. The European Commission held a two-day seminar this week at the Africa museum in Brussels to kick-start their activities. President Jose Manuel Barroso is confident that Europe can overcome its problems. Frictions between member states over the Greek rescue package that was reached in July will continue to flare up during the coming weeks. Barroso’s commission will play a key role when it comes to ensuring that this Greek package is implemented. The weeks ahead will show many more important meetings at an EU level. Poland will host a number of key ministerial meetings, and the European Parliament has 2 plenary sessions scheduled in Strasbourg.

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Brussels back in business as euro worries persist

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Ukraine energy sector faces privatisation challenges; EurActiv Stakeholder Workshop

admin — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 23:50:11 +0000

Ukraine has been a member of the European Energy Community since February 2011, and is now only several steps away from a major overhaul of its energy sector. Announced privatisation of energy generation and distribution assets is seen as a way to boost modernisation of energy infrastructure — in a country where 90% of thermal plant power blocks and 20% of distribution networks need to be replaced. However, much work still needs to be done to make the upcoming reforms a success. • What is needed to mobilise the investment necessary for the upgrade of the energy system? What can attract responsible and committed investors? • What will be the impact of the reforms on the domestic energy market, related sectors, the whole Ukrainian economy and security of supply? What benefits are there for consumers? • What relevant lessons can be learnt from the past history and current models of liberalised energy markets in Western Europe? Invited contributors include: • Bogusław LIBERADZKI, MEP • Paweł ZALEWSKI, MEP • Natalia KOROLEVSKA, Member of the Ukrainian Parliament • Petro OMELYANOVSKY, President, NJSC “Energy Company of Ukraine” • Alexander TOLKACH, Director for External Affairs, DTEK Moderator: Georgi GOTEV, Senior Editor, EurActiv.com Chair: Ross MELZER, Director Public Affairs, EurActiv.com Programme: 12.00 — 12.30: Lunch and Networking 12.30 — 13.45: Impulse statements and open debate 13.45 — 14.00: Conclusions Україна була членом ЄС з питань енергетики Співтовариства з …

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Interview: Polish EPP MEP Zalewski on Ukraine energy sector reforms

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Ukraine energy sector faces privatisation challenges; EurActiv Stakeholder Workshop

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Interview: NJSC Ukraine’s Omelyanovsky on energy sector reforms (Russian)

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Interview: MEP Liberadzki on Ukraine energy sector reforms

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NYSE Euronext presses Poland for level playing field in share trading

admin — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 18:38:17 +0000

Vincent van Dessel, Chief Executive of NYSE Euronext Brussels, also known as the Brussels stock exchange, on Tuesday said that he hopes the Polish presidency of the European Union will take effective measures to ensure a level playing field in Europe for trading in shares. The ordinary, regulated stock exchanges in Europe are facing increased competition from so-called over-the-counter trading, which is not regulated as much. Van Dessel made these comments as Polish undersecretary for foreign affairs Beata Stelmach came to the Brussels bourse to close NYSE Euronext trading, also to mark the start of the Polish presidency of the European Union during the second half of 2011.