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The EUs Grim Year
Washington (UPI) Jan 05, 2006
After a grim year of slow growth, riots and terror attacks from its Muslim immigrant underclass, rows over its budget and two thumping rejections by Dutch and French voters of its planned new constitution, the European Union's leaders can hardly wait for 2005 to be over to make a fresh start in the New Year.


   
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  • EU Agrees Controversial Chemicals Rules
    Brussels (AFP) Dec 13, 2005
    European Union governments approved Tuesday a controversial new set of rules regulating the use of chemicals to better protect people and the environment.

    Schroeder Under Fire For Pipeline Job
    Kehl Am Rhein, Germany (UPI) Dec 12, 2005
    Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has come under heavy fire for taking a job at a Russian-German pipeline project he may have engineered for himself.

    Walker's World: The Curse Of Europe
    Washington (UPI) Dec 11, 2005
    The curse of Europe has returned to revisit the British Conservative party, and to thrust a dark and menacing cloud into the happy prospects that seemed to unfold before them with the election of their attractive young leader, David Cameron.

    Analysis: 'Zombie' NATO NATO Springs To Life
    Brussels (UPI) Dec 09, 2005
    "A zombie organization," is how former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar described NATO in an interview with United Press International last week.

    US Seeks To Reassure Russia Over New Romanian Military Bases
    Brussels (AFP) Dec 07, 2005
    The US government Wednesday sought to reassure Russia about the new agreement for American military bases in Romania after its former Cold War enemy questioned the future of the treaty limiting conventional armed forces in Europe.

    Georgian President Foresees NATO Membership By 2008
    Tbilisi (AFP) Nov 23, 2005
    Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili said Wednesday he was sure his country would become a NATO member before his term of office expires in 2008.


       
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  • EU Moves To Open Up Defense Market
    Brussels (UPI) Nov 18, 2005
    European Union defense ministers will take a small but significant step Monday towards opening up the bloc's notoriously closed defense industry market by agreeing to a voluntary code of conduct on equipment procurement.

    German Coalition In First Quarrel
    Kehl Am Rhein, Germany (UPI) Nov 17, 2005
    Less than a week after it crafted a common coalition treaty Germany's incoming government is already at odds. The look of the country's budget has caused left and right to spit blood at each other, and the opposition is threatening to file suit with Germany's highest court.

    NATO Should Boost Openness, Political Role: Secretary General
    Copenhagen (AFP) Nov 16, 2005
    The NATO alliance needs to become more open and strengthen its political role, Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said in a closing address to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Copenhagen on Tuesday.

    Blair Urges 'Bold' Free Trade Deal
    London (UPI) Nov 15, 2005
    British Prime Minister Tony Blair has urged the United States and the European Union to make "bold" concessions in global trade talks to aid poorer nations.

    Merkel To Improve U.S.-German Ties
    Kehl Am Rhein, Germany (UPI) Nov 15, 2005
    The new German government has vowed to improve relations with the United States, though not for the sake of a "self-confident Europe."

    Walker's World: Europe's Grim Week
    Paris (UPI) Nov 15, 2005
    It has been a bad week for Europe. France burned, and Paris was locked down under curfew. Tony Blair lost an important vote in parliament, and his grip on power faltered, while Germany dithered to put together an unconvincing new government whose first decision was to raise taxes, yet again.

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