2010.08.05.

Berlin's 'creative boom' finds backing from EU

Although Germany's capital is short on big businesses, small enterprises are abundant, with creative industries in particular blossoming faster than in other cities. In Berlin, this creative boom is aided by a project which helps SMEs to deal with the bureaucratic procedure of obtaining EU regional funds. EurActiv Germany reports.
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Open Days 2010

 

Dear Madam,
Dear Sir,
 
We are happy to inform you that the registration for the 2010 edition of the OPEN DAYS - European Week of Regions and Cities is now open:
 
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2010.05.17.

Hungary to push water policy overhaul at EU helm

Politicians from Hungarian governing party-in-waiting Fidesz said they would push for a revision of the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) in 2011 to help tackle water scarcity and drought. EurActiv Hungary reports.
The centre-right party, which is widely expected to triumph in national elections later this month, plans to use its 2011 EU presidency to push for far-reaching changes to the directive.
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2010.03.10.

No new money for Danube Strategy, leaders confirm

Leaders from Central and Eastern Europe said last week that while they support the new EU strategy for the Danube region, no new funding will be made available for it. EurActiv Hungary reports.
Prime ministers from eight EU countries – Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia – agreed to "create an attractive, secure and prosperous Danube region along our common values, principles and fundamental objectives," reads a declaration made in Budapest (25-26 February).
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2010.03.01.

Spain calls for 'Atlantic Strategy'

The Spanish EU Presidency has called for an 'Atlantic Arc' strategy for cooperation between Western Europe's maritime countries, which would be the latest in a series of ad hoc blueprints for micro-regional development across Europe.
Following hot on the heels of the Danube Strategy, which emerged following initial proposals from the Committee of the Regions (CoR) and extensive lobbying by MEPs from Central and Eastern Europe, the Spanish Presidency believes the Atlantic Arc should be the next EU focal point.
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2010.02.23.

Cohesion policy should be more than a handout, says Spanish Presidency
 

Removing cohesion policy from the EU's list of top priorities would be a mistake, though changes may be required to prevent it from being a mere redistributive tool, Spanish EU Presidency representatives and regional experts meeting in Spain declared yesterday (16 February).

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2010.02.17.

EU regions chief: 2020 strategy must go local

The EU's new strategy for growth and jobs will not succeed unless it maintains structural funds and gives regions real responsibility, according to outgoing Committee of the Regions (CoR) President Luc Van den Brande.
Flemish politician Luc van den Brande became president of the European Union's Committee of the Regions in February 2008.
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2010.01.14.

Summary of hearing of László Andor - Employment and Social Affairs
 
The exit strategy, EU legislation, particularly that on the revision of the working-time directive and the interpretation of the directive on the posting of workers, the issue of an ageing population, and the fight against poverty were the main themes on which MEPs focussed during the hearing of the Hungarian commissioner-designate for employment and social affairs on Wednesday.
"The current economic crisis is the most serious economic crisis since the Great Depression.  The most vulnerable have been affected very seriously.  I want to avoid further job losses in the EU", László Andor said in his opening remarks. 

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2009.12.16.

Spanish EU Presidency 'to set precedents' 
 
 
Spain unveiled on Tuesday (8 December) its priorities for its six-month stint at the EU's helm during the first half of 2010. Spain will be the first country to take the rotating presidency since the nomination of a permanent EU president and a High Representative for Foreign Affairs.
"Spain will create precedents," said Diego López Garrido, Spanish Secretary of State for EU Affairs, speaking at a public event in Brussels organised by the European Policy Centre, a think-tank. 
López Garrido, an experienced politician who represented his country at the convention in charge of drafting the now-defunct EU Constitution, said that his country's EU presidency will be "very particular," as it marks the transition "from the old Nice model to the new Lisbon Treaty era". 
He also stressed that Spain had coordinated its work programme with Belgium and Hungary, the next two countries to assume the rotating EU presidency, in the format of the so-called 'trio of presidencies' (EurActiv 30/10/09). The three countries adopted a common programme for the next 18 months on 7 December, in the framework of the General Affairs Council, he said. 
For the Spanish Presidency, meanwhile, López Garrido enumerated four main priorities. 
 

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2009.12.01.

Barroso unveils new EU Commission line-up

European Commission President José Manuel Barroso unveiled the EU executive's new line-up on Friday (27 November), handing Finn Olli Rehn the key economic policy portfolio and giving Frenchman Michel Barnier a controversial role in overseeing regulation of the financial sector. 
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